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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: "al" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <salmm001@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:05:11 -0400
Subject: Re: Mail .

Hello ,

The main objective of my proposal can only be achieved based on trust, loyalty and absolute confidentiality.

I am a portfolio manager responsible for creating and managing investment allocations under the non-discretionary portfolio management service for my clients. I have been mandated to look for someone to receive funds ($89 million). The funds will be moved through a secured platform to you. My client also instructed me that the funds would be shared in the ratio; 30% for you as the Recipient, while you would hold 70% in trust for my client.

As it were, I do not want the funds to be traced directly to my client, owing to his position as a politically exposed person.

I will appreciate your willingness to work with us in receiving the funds under your management.

Meanwhile, I await your response before further details will be given to you.

Thank you.

Saleh.

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