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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. Kelvin W Hawk" <thomasedward010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kelvinhawk9@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 06:02:55 -0800
Subject: urgently

Greetings,

We wish to introduce our platform to you as a firm capable of helping you
source investors/ lenders who can finance/ fund any project of need no
matter the

value. Our Lenders and JV Project Financiers are from Asia and Arab
countries who offer financial loans, JV project funding and monetization of
Instruments

from Ten Million dollars upwards.

Our platform also offers Banking Instruments such as Fresh Cut BG/SBLC,
MTN, BD and DLC from AAA rated banks around the world.
Let us know your need and we will be delighted to work with you via:
kelvinhawk9@hotmail.com

Kind regards,

Kelvin W Hawk
Legit Brokerage Services

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