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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: "Mr. Anung Prabawa" <jonathanpaul928@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefileritainfo@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:44:34 +0400
Subject: MY INVESTMENT INTENTIONS

Good day,

I found your email during my online search for a trustee who will
partner with me to move outstanding funds, so I decided to contact you
but my intentions wasn't disclosed to anyone else due to sensitive
nature of the deal.

Your email was among others I saw, but I became more zealous to
contact only you to solicit for assistance and guidance in making
business investment and moving the £4.2 Million GBP into your bank
account. I am a citizen of Indonesia, working with Exxon Mobil
Corporation London, as an expatriate. I must plead for your confidence
in this transaction as I am a highly placed man in the Engineering
Unit. I need you as a silent foreign partner whose identity I can use
as one our site contractor to transfer the above mention amount.

At this moment I am constrained to issue detailed information about
this profitable venture until I get your response by email. Please,
take out a moment of your busy schedule to study this letter and
respond urgently for more details as I will be extremely happy to
partner with you and actualize my investment dream.

The funds are accrued legitimately to my unit as commission from
foreign contracts, through our private connections. The funds are
presently waiting to be remitted from our operational Bank. As you
know, I'm still in active service and are not allowed by the civil
service code of conduct in United Kingdom, to own or operate bank
account outside this country. On the other hand, it is unsafe to keep
the fund floating here due to unstable political policies. As a
matter of fact I have been looking for overseas silent partner who
will work with me to facilitate transfer of the funds for mutual
benefits as my objective is to invest the fund in a foreign country
and it would be appreciated if you help me to receive the fund.

Although the transaction discreet, and the funds will be transferred
successfully into your account with necessary official documents
showing the legitimate source/origin of fund. The transfer will be
effected within a period not longer than one and half week as soon as
I receive suitable response indicating your interest for the proposed
investment. I plead with you on one issue, whether you are interested
or not, kindly don't expose this information to anyone. I confirm that
the transaction is legitimate and without any risk either to me or
yourself.

Thanks, as I await your swift response via this email: urgentweb2021@aol.com

Kind regards,
Mr. Anung Prabawa

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