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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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Fraud email example:

From: INVESTMENT PLACEMENT ARNISTON FINANCE COMPANY LTD UK <arnistonfinancecompanyltduk@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:16:15 -0800
Subject: Attention:- Dear Respectful

Attention:- Dear Respectful

INVESTMENT PLACEMENT OFFER FROM ARNISTON FINANCE COMPANY LTD UK
(GLOBAL INVESTMENTS CONSORTIUM)

Subsequent to the A+ Five Star top rated Better Business Bureau
Accreditation review of your company's business performance by a
confidential source at the Better Business Bureau USA, our
international investments consortium is following a strong
confidential recommendation from better business bureau USA to make
this investment placement offer to you. However, it is of utmost
importance that you pay careful attention to the peculiar nature of
this investment offer. The Investors who are to place the investment
funds into your investments for your investment management are serving
and retired top politicians and executives who wish to remain
anonymous at the early stage of this offer until trust and
confidentiality is solidly built and firmly established by both
parties.

The volume of funds to be invested ranges from $250 Million United
States Dollars and above, how much the investor will invest with you
will be determined by your company's real profitability, accurate data
of recent returns on investments-annual net profit returns, quality
management performance evaluation, exceptional business performance
achievements such as recognition / business performance awards.

However, we are confident in you and your company due to the strong
recommendation from the Better Business Bureau USA, hence we make this
investment placement/ management offer to you. These investors are
interested to make huge, diversified investments in various sectors of
the economy, focusing and targeting to partner with major top-notch
players in manufacturing, mortgage & real estate brokerage firms,
medical equipment & pharmaceuticals, farms & food industries,
transportation/ haulage, financial institutions, communication
technology (Internet service providers companies) especially cell
phones manufacturers in USA, Canada, Europe, Asia (China).

My clients are very valuable investors who have held top political
positions in oil and solid minerals rich countries, one has just
retired from the senate president position. Their Identities will be
unveiled to you in the course of our preliminary discussions as soon
as we are rock solid guaranteed of our bond of trust and
non-circumvention non-disclosure confidentiality as these are public
political figures in society, very successful oil and solid minerals
merchants, as such must keep private business investment dealings
strictly discreet.

The Investment funds are lodged in shell accounts set up offshore in
Cayman Island, Belize, Switzerland banking corporations due to them
strict non-circumvention non-disclosure secure confidential offshore
banking policies which guarantees utmost secrecy and confidentiality
of all lodged funds, moreover they are all tax-free haven zones.
Indicate your interest by replying to the below encrypted secure email
address: investorrelations@arnistonfinance.co.uk

Upon receipt of your positive response, I will attach an official copy
of this Investment Partnership Offer as an attachment Document for you
to download, view, print to study well for better understanding so you
get back to me with your interest, then I shall get back to you with
the next procedure for consummating this investment partnership. If
you are not interested, please do me a favor to delete and trash this
confidential communication and do not share or mention this investment
offer to any third parties.

Looking forward to your urgent response as soon as possible

Yours Sincerely in service,

Mr. John Kerr Nelson
PRESIDENT/CEO. ARNISTON FINANCE CO. UK
LONDON-UNITED KINGDOM

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