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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: "Justin Bryan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <justin_bryan@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:24:01 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

Hello,

I am Justin Bryan, an accountant with a reputable real estate firm with branches in 11 countries and I have a very good Home Line of Equity (HELOC) proposal for mortgage owners in The United States of America (USA to enable you offset your mortage with my good position in this company.

In view od this, I am seeking for your private and confidential partnership investment to carry this out.

If you are interested, please kindly reply to the email address below for comprehensive details and information about this transaction. Please kindly feel free to ask any questions that you may have and I will be glad to answer you clearly. Please also know that this is a trial that will convince you.

Yours sincerely,

Justin Bryan
bryanj49@yahoo.com

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