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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: "Stan Leed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <leedsstan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 17:00:22 +0300
Subject: Re : COOPERATION NEEDED
Hello Friend,
I got your contact from the online business directory and I have a proposition that I think will be of interest to you. I am a broker linked with high profile investors who are seeking means of expanding their investment portfolio globally and are interested in investing in your country. To this end, we seek to know the possibility of going into partnership discussion with you within your present scope of business. Should you be interested to engage us for a more detailed discussion on the aforementioned proposal, we would be happy to do so in whatever medium you find much more appropriate for this engagement.
We have capacity of Investing in your Business project that's viable that can bring good return of Investment [ROI] after each year for a long period of 5-10 years. Can we make a plan for a long term business relationship? I have decided to keep this very short for now and will be willing to give you more details if you are interested in working with us.
Yours faithfully,
Stan Leed.
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