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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 Alan Salomon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alansolomon001@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 05:00:45 +0200
Subject: BITCOIN TRADING/TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

Good day sir/madam,

Trust you are having a good start to your daily activities and hope i have met you in good shape today. I am Alan Salomon, an affiliate marketer who promotes worthy investment plans in the likes of Forex, cryptocurrency, local digital currencies and also mentor the blockchain technology. I love connecting with similar minded Enthusiasts who keep their options open to looking at part time business opportunities outside of their current activities.

Let me know if you are keen to discover a 100% hands-free, fully automated trading and mining platform designed to assist you in cash flow with assured cost-fruitfulness. The return is remitted daily depending on your chosen and most preferred package. The return comes in equivalent to Bitcoin since that is what we actually mine and trade no fiat money. And your returns compound after every successful contract duration.

Feel free to let me know if you don't mind further conversation on this.

Regards,
Alan Salomon

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