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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: "Gray Edward" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gray.ed72@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 05:56:17 -0700
Subject: Investment


My name is Gray Edward a Business Consultant with a private Accounting firm in Athens,

Georgia United States. I have a client with a sizable portfolio with Intesa Sanpaolo Italy.

My client is looking for individuals or corporate body with sound financial management

experience that can manage his portfolio in a JV Partnership investment after risk analysis.

The tenure of the investment is 5 years and can be renewed up to 15 years. If you have funds

management experience or credible projects in need of funding, please give me a brief

description of the nature of your business, professional experiences along with your

registered business name, address and contact informations in a returned email, so that we

can discuss a possible joint venture partnership with my client.

Note: I'm not in the United States at the moment and cannot receive a long distant phone

call but you can email me at gray.ed72@gmail.com for more details.



Regards
Gray Edward
1 (470) 397-6516

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