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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Info" <mailing@kfz-smola.de>
Reply-To: project.financing.247@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 11:44:41 +0000
Subject: Good day
We provide funding through our venture capital company to both
start-up and existing companies either looking for funding for
expansion or to accelerate growth in their company. We have a
structured joint venture investment plan in which we are
interested in an annual return on investment not more than 10% ROI. We
are also currently structuring a convertible debt and loan financing
of 3% interest repayable annually with no early repayment penalties.
If you have a business plan or executive summary, I can review to
understand a much better idea of your business and what you are
looking to do, this will assist in determining the best possible
investment structure we can pursue and discuss more extensively. If
you are interested in any of the above,
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