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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. Edward Carlos" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <warim305@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 08:28:12 +0200
Subject: I am contacting you for an assistance to move the sum of ($1.5Billion)

My name is Mr. Edward Carlos
I am financial broker of Isabel Dos Santos, the eldest Daughter of
Former Angolan president JOSE EDUARDO DOS SANTOS born April 20
1973,She's a successful business woman but presently persecuted by
GeneralJoaoLourenco and he is bent on collecting all she has worked
for with
the excuse that it all belongs to the Angolan State hence she got four
major contracts from the State while her father was the president of
Angola. Reply only on this Email warim305@gmail.com

He has cancelled those contracts and he is investigating her
transactions within and outside of Angola, I am contacting you for an
assistance to move the sum of ($1.5Billion) which She deposited
with a South African bank, though she has other funds in some other
banks in other countries but she urgently need you to step in to take
over this and invest it in your country. But you have to be ready
to travel in person to meet with the bank if the need be and I will
introduce you to the financial expert who will,

assist you in handling this transaction without hitches .She is ready
to offer you 25% of the fund directly while we will draft an agreement
that will empower you to manage the fund for between five to ten years
with different incentives ,while she remain underground investor. I
look forward to your response as that will guarantee me that you can
handle this project. You can read more about her on the internet or
view the following links if you care: ev, reply only on this Email
warim305@gmail.com


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Isabel_dos_Santoshttps://www.makaangola.org/
2018/07/isabel-dos-santos-the-fall-of-africas-richest-woman/https://www.iol.co.za/
business-report/international/the-fall-of-africas-richest-woman-isabel-dos-santos-16335869

Thanks,
Mr. Edward Carlos
Produzir Para Transformer
Rue 1 Congress do MPLA, No 7-17
Caxias Postal 1316, Luanda Republic de Angola

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