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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 Colman <viviannasim212@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frankcolman@consultant.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:16:58 +0200
Subject: Dear Sir

Dear Sir,Let me first introduce myself as Frank ColmanEsq, a lawyer, andFinancial Consultant I also operate out of Panama and Cayman Islandthrough a proxy. We provide discrete financial services for High Networth Individuals, CEOs/Executives of Corporations, and SeniorGovernment officials around Africa and the Middle East.What we do is legal and within the ambit of the law, but following theleakage of the infamous Panama Papers and subsequent threat by theInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) topublish more details and release more lists not included in the firstone.Practically all our clients are no longer comfortable, they want theiraccounts closed and transfer their assets and cash worth $250,000,000USD out from these Offshore locations to be invested in the realsector of an economy in any part of the world that has good prospects.So we are looking for Manufacturers, Real estate developers,Construction Companies, and Oil Exploration Companies, MiningCorporations that will be vetted to qualify for this fund injection.These funds will be given out as a structured loan for cover for theorigin, rather it will be given as a tenured operational fund, and theinvestor is only interested in any agreed percentage of profitdeclared, either quarterly or yearly.Please write to me on (frankcolman@consultant.com) only if you believe you or your organization can be assessed forqualification and consideration to participate in this program.Yours SincerelyFrank Colman Esq. MBAFiduciary / Financial ConsultantNew York, United States

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