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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: anderson. <crimenlinea@crimpr.net>
Reply-To: <kalaanderson17@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 11:54:01 +0100
Subject: Hello

How are you today? I hope you are doing well. My name is Mr. Paul Gelson, I am an agent, business broker and marketer. I was recently informed by one of my clients, to find a good entrepreneur in your country, that can manage her fund to invest into any good and profitable business. My client has total fixed deposit of $36Million USD for this project.

If you are a capable entrepreneur that can manage my client's capital in her investment target or any other business you can conveniently manage, you should contact me for more details about the business procedure. I await your reply.

Best regards,
kala anderson.


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