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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam
The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Ralph Haitiz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <haitizralph56@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:58:01 -0800
Subject: We can work togather
Sir,
Good Morning, We are very interested on funding lucrative business /Project for partnership with you acting as the manager and sole controller of the investment while we remain a silent investor for a period of 5 to 20 yrs. renewable tenure, though we are only looking at investment opportunities within the range of £1 - 55.5 Million and above for a start. Can you provide us with a business plan and your executive project Summary; Let me know your thought ASAP.
We are very much interested in your PROJECT provided you will assure us of the security of the investment fund on JV contract rate of 5% to 10% ROI for the tenure of 5 - 20 years? We wish to enter into any partnership
We want you to brief us more about this business/project as we intend to submit your proposal to our team for evaluations and approval.
I am looking forward to your co-operation.
Yours Truly.
Haitiz Ralph
Regional Chief Executive
Standard Chartered PLC.
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