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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: "Dr.Mrs susana Jordan" <susanajordan4040@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 01:04:57 -0800
Subject: hello

Good Morning Dear.

With all due respect, I am very happy to meet you here believing that we
will have more time to discuss more about each other.Please permit me to
introduce myself, my name is Mrs. susana B.jordan I am from the United
kingdom, Mother of one .My late husband died in 2020 because of the
Covid.19 problem .since then I have been in the Hospital, I am a widower
with one Daughter called Zara Jordan. also with my personal passport copy.

After the death of my husband I lost all the investment my late husband
invested in the United kingdom because of the problems of the
Government.The only solution is the fund my late husband deposited in the
Security Trustee Company. I need a good person who is ready and willing to
help us invest in your country.I would be interested to invest in any of
the below profitable businesses.

1 .5 star Restaurant/Hotel
2 Real Estate (100 Housing Units )/ Office
complexes
3.Gas/petrol station
4.Any other viable project

Any of the above businesses according to your ability in your country you
can manage properly and that will be very promising and you have
experienced .Am considering a budget of around $38 million USD for
milestone development. You can do more feasibility studies into these areas
of projects and work it out based on the above figure of the investment and
advice.

i am looking forward to your response and thoughts on this ,your
partnership and do believe that you can help me invest wisely.I will also
make arrangement for my personal representative to meet with you and
discuss the availability of the investment in your country

Thank for your good understanding
Regards,
Mrs.Susana jordan

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