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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: Dip. Robert J. Kobe <info@cc.com>
Reply-To: jrobertkobe@gmail.com
Date: 29 Jun 2020 18:06:38 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP..

Good Day

I'm Diplomat Joseph R. Kobe, with International Logistics
Department
in the United Nations Humanitarian Commission Belgium. The
prompting
of this letter is anchored on my strong desire to solicit your
consent
to share an important and huge investment opportunity with you as
I
have a mandate to search for honest and trustworthy investment
expert
which I believe you can be trusted with this opportunity. I would
like
to hear from you to give you more details regarding this
investment
opportunity..

Kindly reply back to me urgently.
Regards,
Diplomat Joseph Robert Kobe
UNHC Brussels Belgium


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