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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: "Alisa Jammeh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <williamsmarth20@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:37:23 -0700
Subject: MUTUAL BUSINESS REQUEST

MUTUAL AID
 
HOW ARE YOU ?I DO NOT KNOW YOU AND I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU BEFORE BUT HAVING GONE  THROUGH YOUR PROFILE,I  DECIDED TO  WRITE TO SEEK YOUR HIGHLY ESTEEMED HELP/CONSENT IN A LASTING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL BENEFIT FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COMPANY/ COUNTRY  UNDER YOUR CARE AND A JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP .I WILL LIKE YOU TO STATE FIRMLY ANY GOOD  BUSINESS THAT WILL WORTH INVESTING IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY THAT WILL BE WELCOME BY ME, AFTER LOOKING AT THE INCOME RATE  AND ALSO YOUR PERCENTAGE  FOR INVESTING THROUGH YOU . MINING & METALS, OIL & ENERGY, REAL ESTATE  ARE VERY GOOD PROFIT VENTURES BUT  I WILL LIKE TO INVEST UNDER REAL ESTATE,  .IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN NOT HANDLE REAL ESTATE LET ME KNOW OTHER BUSINESS THAT IS PROFITABLE, BUT IF YOU CAN  HANDLE THE INVESTMENT OR YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS INVESTMENT KNOWLEDGE ,PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND STATE CLEARLY.PLEASE STATE TERMS FOR ME  TO INVEST IN  YOUR HOME   ,I SH ALL LET YOU KNOW THE DETA
 
THANKS
 
ALISA JAMMEH

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