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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: user1@cereson.cn
Reply-To: 20155765@ce.pucmm.edu.do
Date: 2 Jun 2023 08:34:24 -0700
Subject: URGENT INFO


Dear Sir,
I have investor that want to invest $6.8 Billion into a company
that needs fund for expansion only.He can not invest the money
to new Companies that want to start up but into Companies that
has been making good profits but needs funds for EXPANSION.

His Area of concentrations are Real Estate, Biotech,Textiles ,
Information technology, Pharmaceuticals , Oil & Energy
Industries, Mining &Metals Industry, Management Consulting
Industry ,Maritime industry, Hospital & Health Care Industry,
Consumer Services Industry, International Trade and Development
Industry ,Gambling & Casinos Industry, Electrical/Electronic
Manufacturing Industry, Insurance Industry, Chemical industries,
Marketing and Advertising Industry, Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Industry, Agriculture, Aviation, Retail, Import and Export, Trade
and development industry, Real Estate & Construction Industry and
any other viable investment opportunities just like yours.

If you recommend a Company to take loan or investment funds from
from my client the investor, me and you will be entitled to 5% of
any amount received by the Company from the investor but if you
are taking the fund directly as a company i will be entitled to
2.5% and you will retain 2.5% as Global Finder's fee commission.
There will be a face to face meeting between the investor and the
investee after signing (MOU) the (AORI) should not be less than
3% per annum.

Look for a reliable Company that need funding and we can easily
make 5% of the amount received from the investor but we need to
maintain absolute confidentiality in the transaction as the fund
provider want to remain silent, so you have to keep it highly
confidential between us.
I will need the company profile and the project summary of the
company that will need funding to present to my investor.

I look forward to hearing from you.


Thanks

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