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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Investment Capital Company <users6@accounprotectionhotmail.com>
Reply-To: alsafarcap@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 15:02:15 -0700
Subject: Project Interest.
Dear sir,
I am pleased to contact you on a business platform as an investment
Portfolio manager representing a Middle East Investment Group.
Our investment company is willing to partner as silent investors with any
corporate organizations and individual business / project owners ranging
through several fields and areas of specialization that are seeking
investment capital to enhance their projects.
Having considered engaging into a profit oriented business
(existing/proposed) ventures with potential organization, Our company will
be interested to provide bridge financing into any lucrative investment
opportunity that requires investment capital.
If you found our proposal interesting, we would be delighted to engage into
a detailed communication for possible investment collaboration.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. T. Mansour.
Investment Strategist.
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