419 scam: Steven Raymond Banks <info@agritek.hu> Business Grant/Investment Proposal

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031952641 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- stevenraymondbanks@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Steven Raymond Banks <info@agritek.hu>
Reply-To: <stevebnks@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 18:30:15 +0100
Subject: Business Grant/Investment Proposal

Steven Raymond Banks
contact by phone:
+44 703 195 2641
stevenraymondbanks@yahoo.com

We are a private investment Group & Dealer company, we offer financial consulting to client companies seeking debt/loan financing, Private equity, Project Finance (e.g., public equity, private equity, real estate, Fund management, fixed income). Structured as a Ten (10) years balloon, that will attract an interest of 5% yearly for a duration of 10 years and also,we make direct Investments into listed companies to help them expand business growth and EBITDA.

We look for companies with an excellent management interested in growing their company; we are interested in a wide range of Investment proposals with an exception to "Trading Platforms and purchase of unbranded franchises".

If your company or you know of any company with viable projects/proposals that needs financing, kindly send the Executive Summary or full Business Plan for our evaluation, if the project/proposal fits our criteria, you will hear from us within two working days. We pay referral fees on success. Well nice to meet you and I look forward to our Business acquaintance.

Best Regards
Steven Raymond Banks
Consultant
ALZAYANI INVESTMENTS LTD

For further enquiries:
Contact: email: (stevenraymondbanks@yahoo.com)

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