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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: John Adama <adjoh74@gmail.com>
Reply-To: adamajohn26@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 21:17:29 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir,

Dear Sir,

We are Financial Consultant firm based in Amsterdam Netherlands.
Ourclient Micha Ondó Bile, a former Equatorial Guinea Politician
currently living in Canada has directed us to get a very reliable Fund
Manager who will be able to Invest in your region. Can you handle a
High Profile Investment project? then provide more detailed
information on what you wish to invest into; so I can present it to my
client (the investor) for further discussion. Do you have any credible
business venture we can invest in? New Investment Project Idea OR
Existing Investment to key in and Expand capacity and productivity? We
are looking into investments in the following sector:
a) Real Estate
b) Oil and Gas
c) Tourism including 5 Star Hotels, and hospitality.

Kindly submit your concept paper in attachment for our review
following below submission instructions.Concept paper submission
instructions: Concept Papers should be submitted in MS Word document
and should contain an initial idea about the proposed project, and the
following information:
-Projects highlights;
-Background and preliminary needs assessment results;
-Name of the project;
-The objectives (one, or more) it chooses to fulfill from the above mentioned;
The list of the proposed activities for the fulfillment of the
expected results/outputs;
-Sustainability strategy;
-Anticipated time frame;
-Geographic focus;
-Implementation plan (lay out in months);
-Preliminary budget with approximate breakdown of costs and description
of items in the budget list;
Concept papers should specify:
The name of the applicant;
Tax registration number;
A brief history of past activities;
Contact information, including Company Name, Phone Numbers, Address,
and Email:

I will forward your reputable profile to my client for review once I
hear from you after which, we will be able to get a suitable channel
we can discuss or meet for the finalization of this investment. Note
that the above outlined sectors is only our recommendation, all
depends on what you wish to invest in according to your expertise and
assurance of good return of investment ( ROI.) I will be waiting for
your response.
Mr John Adama
Trans integrated Securities company
Amsterdam Netherlands.

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