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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 Louis Moshaver <abottanthona124@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: MR Louis Moshaver <louismoshaver@accountant.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:49:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Moshaver

19-10-2018

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.Louis Moshaver from Warsaw Poland, I am representing an investor from Republic of Iran with the mandate to URGENTLY help find a dependable international trustee to channel the investment fund of Euro18, 000,000.00 Eighteen Million Euro into 10 years profitable project that will target a reasonable return on investment (ROI) with a strong plan to compensate your assistance.
THIS IS DUE TO THE RECENT RESTORATION OF SANCTION ON THE REPUBLIC IRAN.
10% from the total investment amount has been allocated for compensation. Kindly let me know if you are interested to proceed and what area of investment you would recommend.
If you are interested to partner I will immediately release to you all the relevant information.
Contact: Email louismoshaver@accountant.com
Thank you as I await your swift response.
Mr.Louis Moshaver
Warsaw Poland
19-10-2018

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