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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: "Mr. Richard Brown" <offilefile222@aol.com>
Reply-To: <officefile2@gib-ci.online>
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2017 08:02:36 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL



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Dear Sir

I represent a group of company based in Jordan.We are currently seeking
means of expanding and relocating our business interest abroad in the
following sectors: oil/Gas,banking, real estate, stock speculation and
mining,transportation, health sector and tobacco,Communication Services,
Agriculture Forestry & Fishing, thus any sector. If you think you have a
solid background and idea of making good profit in any of the mentioned
business sectors or any other business in your country,please write me
for possible business co-operation. More so, we are ready to facilitate
and fund any business that is capable of generating 10% annual return on
investment (AROI) Joint Venture partnership and Hard loan funding can
also be considered.

ALTERNATIVELY:

If JV will not match your project, we are open to inject the above fund
into your project via direct loan with soft repayment terms, one (1)
year moratorium and 5.5% fixed interest rate per annul. 80%
income-generating projects are accepted. On property 70% LTV is
obtainable. Secured or unsecured loan funding is available. Term is up
to 25 years with possible roles and extensions on closing time line of
7-14 days. Should this be of interest to you, do not hesitate to Contact
me back and we will get back to you for further information. We take
this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to read the contents
of this email. And Have a wonderful day


let me hear from you??

Kind regards,
Mr. Richard Brown

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