419 scam: "Astoria Finance And Investments Ltd" <a77078g@gmail.com> Re: Project Finance

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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!

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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 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.
- astoriafinanceinvestmentsltd@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Astoria Finance And Investments Ltd" <a77078g@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Astoria Finance And Investments Ltd" <AstoriaFinanceInvestmentsLtd@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:07:52 -0400
Subject: Re: Project Finance

Hi,

We came across your contact on the web and I wish to use this opportunity to introduce to you a Funding Source that shares the desire to engage in the high-risk, high-return potential practice of _investment financing".

We provide capital to entrepreneurial companies and serious individuals who seek to make investments in the area of infrastructure and construction development such as Road & Bridges Construction, Mega city development, alternative power, waste-management, Real Estate, Oil, Mining, Trading etc anywhere in the world.

We have designated two categories for entrepreneurs who seek to help finance their project ideas. (1) Type A (2) Type B.

Types (A) are entrepreneurs whose project plan budget is between $10M to $10B USD
Types (B) are entrepreneurs whose project plan budget is between $1M to $100M USD

If your venture idea fits into the above category and have solid background and idea of making good profit in any of the mentioned business or any other business in your country, please forward your profile to my email address: AstoriaFinanceInvestmentsLtd@hotmail.com

If you are interested in our services, kindly provide us with the following information:
* Name of Applicant: ..........
* Company name: ...............
* Address/Location: ...........
* Tel: ........................
* Amount Requested: ...........
* Finance Duration: ...........
* Project name: ...............

Possible 100% JV partnerships.
Note: All supporting documents to confirm our credibility will be forwarded to you, should you request any verification on our operations.

I look forward to your reply.

Yours Faithfully,
Nancy Polar
Secretary to:

Gary Stern
CEO
Astoria Finance And Investments Ltd
Second Floor De Burgh House, Market Road
Wickford, Essex SS12 0FD
United Kingdom

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