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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: Ruslan Volkan <michaeladam652@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 01:27:23 -0800
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?44OR44O844OI44OK44O844K344OD44OX44Gu44GK6aGY44GE?=

拝啓、
信頼できる投資家を探していることをお知らせします
と提携し、額 7,000 万から 1 億 2,000 万米ドルを投資します。
あなたの地域。

しかし、あなたの国は外国投資先として私が選んだ国です
そして、私は上記の資金を投資の準備ができています
あなたが相互に提案できる有利なプロジェクトまたはビジネスベンチャー
双方のメリット。

最も重要なことは、私が必要としているのは有能で信頼できる会社、または
私と提携し、私たちの相互扶助のために資金を投資する人
利点。さらに、管理する意思と能力がある場合は、
上記の数値について、事業計画を添えてご連絡ください。
詳細。

さらに、プロジェクトやビジネスを実行するためにローンが必要な場合は、
また、年利 2% の長期および短期ローンも提供しています。

volkanruslan00@gmail.com までメールでお返事をお待ちしております。
よろしくお願いします
ルスラン・ヴォルカン

............................................

Dear Sir,
I wish to inform you that I`m looking for a trustworthy investor to
partner with and invest the sum of 70 to 120 million US Dollars in
your region.

However, your country is my choice destination for foreign investment
and I have the above stated funds ready for investment in any
lucrative project or business venture you could propose for the mutual
benefits of both parties.

Most importantly, all I need is a capable and trustworthy company or
person to partner with me and invest the funds for our mutual
benefits. More so, if you are willing and capable of managing the
above stated figures kindly get back to me with your business plan for
more details.

Furthermore, If you need a loan to carry out your project or business,
I also grant long and short-term loan at 2% interest rate per annum .

I look forward to your response with this email:volkanruslan00@gmail.com.
Best regards
Ruslan Volkan

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