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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: "Derrick Lawson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <robeystephen100@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 03:20:19 -0700
Subject: FUND INVESTMENT

Hello,
I am a professional banker and I am in contact with a private investor who wants to invest his money or finance your ongoing project with amount from 5 Million to 50 million dollars but we want to work with serious partners. If you have very interesting projects in which we can invest the funds and get an annual return of 30% per year, this is inform of loan/partnership.
Please contact the investor through his e-mail: robeystephen100@gmail.com
Let us know if you have any projects in which we can invest the funds together and we discuss the terms of a joint partnership.
Please contact him only if you are interested and serious.
Best Regard
Derrick Lawson

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