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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: "Mr.Alimon Gabriella" <adamul.edward@gmail.com>
Reply-To: inffofice@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 01:15:27 -0800
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED

*Greetings ,My client is interested in funding projects, and expansion of
already existing businesses.I am a procurement officer and consortium of
High Net worth individuals, corporate bodies and officials who want to
invest inprofitable projects or businesses overseas by proxy. Basically, my
principals are interested in partnership, business expansion and relocating
of business interests.I recommend credible Entrepreneur/viable projects to
a Consortium of Private Investors who are looking for a good business
plan/Entrepreneurs to invest and manage funds on a short and long term
basis. I have a loan offer from my principals to recommend on merit a
reputable Private Individual/ Company Owner with good financial standing to
receive and invest between $5Million to $3Billion USD and more in a secure
High Risk/Low Risk Investment/ projects that will generate a good Return on
Investment annually {ROI}.The terms are 2% interest rate per annual
(Negotiable) / time duration is 15years/ 1 year grace period for long term
loans.To proceed, please provide me with a workable business/project
summary plan for a review and study.Introduce the following
:(a)Introduction and description of your company if any(b)Your full
name,your home/office address,your phone/mobile numbers(c)The type of
business that you are running and sector of activities.(d)Investment of
concern.Please Specify the sector of investment ofyour interest: (indicate
if you have more than 1 choice in mind).(e)Amount required ($) for the
execution of the ProjectWe will rely on your professional ideas and trust
to work with you.Yours faithfully.Mr.Alimon Gabriella *

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