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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: "Fred Knott" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fredktt1836@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:11:24 +0100
Subject: Re:Loan To Value

Hello

I hope this message finds you well!

I am a broker in United States of America and a direct to a genuine/real Lender company of soft loan, non recourse loan, project funding and credit line. The Lender company has 100% success rate record on all transactions they have accepted from me.

Acceptable collateral is a fully cash backed BG or SBLC issued from an AAA rated top 25 banks. LTV (Loan To Value) for owned BG/SBLC is up to 98% while leased BG attracts 40% LTV. Interest rate for direct loan is between 1.5% - 2.5%. Minimum loan request is Two Hundred Million Euros (€200M) while the Maximum loan request is Four Hundred Billion Euros (€400B).

Also, if you do not have the required BG/SBLC-collateral or needs a BG/SBLC-collateral provider, I could direct you to an BG/SBLC-collateral provider who gave BG/SBLC collateral to my last client that secured a Three Billion Euros (€3B) loan from the Lender company.

Intermediaries/Consultants/Brokers are welcome to bring their clients and are 100% protected. In complete confidence, we will work together for the benefits of all parties involved.

For more information, endeavor to contact me quickly.

Regards,
Fred Knott
CEO

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