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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: "Frank Cohen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankcoh@citromail.hu>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 22:14:18 +0100
Subject: Frank Cohen

Hello,

We are a Financial Consulting firm based in Brussel Belgium. Our client Pastor 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.

If you can handle a High Profile Investment project, then provide the detailed information of your proposed venture as a business summary/concept note; so I can present it to my client (the investor/lender) for further discussion . We are also open for debt financing at very low interest rates and equity partnerships ranging from one million dollars to five hundred million dollars. We also have Gold bars for interested investors in Gold, Quantity not declared.

I will be waiting for your response.

Regards
Frank Cohen
Email:(info.cohen@mail.bg)
1 Rue du Marquis, bte 2/Markiesstraat 2,
1000 Bruxelles/Brussel.
Belgium

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