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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: Frank R.D.Williams Esq.MBA < info@lee.org >
Date:
Subject:

Hello Dear Friend,

Let me first introduce myself as Frank R.D.Williams, a lawyer,
and Financial Consultant based here in London United Kingdom. I
also operate out of Panama and Cayman Island through a proxy. We
provide discrete financial services for High Net worth
Individuals, CEOs/Executives of Corporations, and Senior
Government officials around Africa and the Middle East.

What we do is legal and within the ambient of the law, but
following the leakage of the infamous Panama Papers and
subsequent threat by the International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) to publish more details and
release more list not included in the first one.

Practically all our clients are no longer comfortable, they want
their accounts closed and transfer their assets and cash worth
$125,000,000 USD out from these Offshore locations to be invested
in the real sector of an economy in any part of the world that
have good prospects.

So we are looking for Manufacturers, Real estate developers,
Construction Companies, and Oil Exploration Companies, Mining
Corporations that will be vetted to qualify for this fund
injection.

These funds will be given out as a structured loan for cover for
the origin, rather it will be given as a tenured operational
fund, and the investor is only interested in any agreed
percentage of profit declared, either quarterly or yearly.

Please write to me on redacted@domain.name)
only if you believe you or your organization can be assessed for
qualification and consideration to participate in this program.

Yours Sincerely
Frank R.D.Williams Esq. MBA
London, United Kingdom.

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