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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: Ammar Rahman <bnrdccarlos@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ht910664@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 04:56:18 -0700
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL FROM EL SEWEDY GROUP
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Greetings,
El Sewedy Group of Investment is currently re-investing through
project funding in investment loans to third party investors, project
owners on a 2.5% interest rate per annum on long term investment
projects that can generate up to 10% ROI within the period of
investment. If our offer for collaboration is within the acceptable
financing scheme anticipated by your organization, we will be glad to
consider a possible collaboration with your organization. Please send
your proposal/executive summary.
Warm regards
Ammar Rahman.
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