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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Banski" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kevinurbanski0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:14:24 -0600
Subject: Re:Write me!

Hello,
 
I'm a private consultant; I have the mandate of a highly placed Iraqi government official in the Oil and Gas sector that needs your  ideas to invest $43.7 million either in an existing establishment or other venture to be undertaken at your discretion. This project is based  on Trust, confidentiality and sincerity of purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the minds.
More detail will be disclosed  upon receiving a positive signer from you. In line with this I crave your indulgence to treat this letter with utmost seriousness and confidentiality trusting that this will be the beginning of a long lasting business relationship between us.
 
Yours faithfully
Banski

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