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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: "Global Consult Investment" <paul.lanigan@outlook.com>
Reply-To: gloconsult800@outlook.com
Date: 23 Oct 2023 05:45:04 +0500
Subject: Re: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY..CONTACT ME NOW.

Reply to...gloconsult800@outlook.com

Dear Friend,

My name is Kelvin Liu and I work as as Office Clerk with Global Consult Investment Ltd here in Hong Kong and China Mainland. The late Mr. James Hansen, a successful business man who died with his children and grand-children in their private plane crash on 30 November 2019, was my client.

Please find here the links of the tragic news both on CNN and BBC News respectively.

CNN NEWS: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/02/us/south-dakota-plane-crash-family/index.html
BBC NEWS: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50639537

He left behind the sum of $60,000,000 (Sixty Million US D0llars) in an undisclosed bank and I am the only one authorized to produce a beneficiary to these funds since the late Mr. James Hansen did not state any next of kin to the funds during the time of deposit. I want you to partner with me so you can send your personal details to me and I will present you to the bank as the beneficiary to the funds as I will change the name in the documents to your name and the funds will now be transferred to you in your country where I will travel to meet with you so we can both invest there together in your choice of industry or specialization.

Kindly send the following details.

(A) Your Name in full....
(B) Your Age....
(C) Country....
(D) Male/Female....
(E) Mobile No....

I await for your urgent reply to this great opportunity.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Kelvin Liu
Office Clerk
Global Consult Investment Ltd.
Hong Kong & China Mainland
Email: gloconsult800@outlook.com

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