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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:
- 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.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Leroy Paulson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <trustchambers2035@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:01:29 -0800
Subject: INVESTMENT LOAN FUNDING
INVESTMENT LOAN FUNDING:
Atten: .
We write to introduce our company as financial brokers. Our company
can assist you in securing project and investment loan funding, bank
instruments (Bank Guarantee (BG), Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC)) to
aid you secure funds appropriately from any AAA+ rated banks or your
local funding bank for your projects.
We also assist with BANK INSTRUMENT MONETIZATION for instruments
issued and confirmed from AAA+ rated banks through our providers and
associates trading and investment houses here in the UK
We focused more on Leased instrument especially Seasoned BG/SBLC/MTN
which is confirmable on Euroclear first before we deliver Swift MT799
and MT760 and MT110.
Contact us today and let us see how best we can help you with securing
funding for your projects.
Thank you and regards
Mr. Leroy Paulson (Admin)
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