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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: Terry Greg <gthompson0010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrterrygreg@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:01:35 +0100
Subject: Investment Deal


Hello

My name is Mr Terry Greg, I am the Head of Equity Investment with Credit
Suisse Bank, I wish to state that I am impressed with your brief profile
details on the internet network and I feel that it will be good to share
this cooperation with you.

I represent an Investment interest totalling £126.5 million (One Hundred
and Twenty Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand British pounds sterling) and
would like to deploy in your area of expertise in your country and under an
investment project supervised by you.

I hope this cooperation will be of interest to you and we can go ahead with
the details upon your response.








*RegardsMr Terry GregHead Operation ManagerInvestors Direct Capital
FundsPhone Contact: Tel: +4474369053481 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London
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