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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: "Nicholas Clark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nicholas_clark30@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:39:44 +0400
Subject: Mr.Nicholas Clark..

Greetings
 
My name is Mr.Nicholas Clark and I’m from Wales UK, I work as an aide /
advisor to Mr. Abdul Salam Muhammad Ali who’s from Libya. Mr Abdul
Salam is from the Libya royal family, but at the moment is in West
Africa. My boss is interested in investing in certain areas of
business in your country and is looking for someone to help and guide
him. And you being a business person with years of experience I
thought I should reach out to you for help. I want you to know and
understand that He’s  in West Africa just because of his security and
safety of his family because he was a close allied and associates of
the formal Libyan ruler Gaddafi.
 
We have many areas we will like to invest in but notwithstanding We
will listen and follow your advice. We can invest up to $250,000 000
Two Hundred and fifty million united states Dollars and 155kg of gold
bars in any business in your country as long as we can get a very good
return on investment and if we have a good and honest partner that can
lead and direct us.
 
My boss is in the position to and is considering investments in the
areas of business not limited to construction, commodity trading,
renewable energy, telecommunication, real estate and any other
profitable business and investment opportunity available, we are ready to
listen and follow your advice and directions.
He's also willing to pay a sizable commission on amount invested for
any assistance you provide and is also opening to negotiating a
commission on the returns of investment. We will anxiously await what
will hope to be a positive  response. I will be glad if we can talk
over the phone for any further clarification, My international
business numbers are as follows
 
U S A - +1 202 601 5157
 
Belgium - +32 460 206 541
 
Thanks.
Mr.Nicholas Clark.

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