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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 Willy Abels <willyabels2014@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 03:14:47 +0000
Subject: PROJECT FUNDING/LOAN


Attention

Sir/Madam

I write to introduce our financial services to you I am direct to a project Founders who is also known as private lender we specialized in bank instrument lease and sales their funds is purely earned from private and corporate investment portfolios without criminal origin.With the group capital fund which are specifically for lease/sale in form of bank instrument. The Financial institution can finance your signatory projects such as Real Estate Development, Aviation Service, Agriculture Finance, Petroleum Importation, Telecommunication, construction of Dams or Bridges and all kind of projects.

The bank instrument can be use for purchase of goods from any manufacturer irrespective of their location. It can also serve as collateral with any bank in the world to secure loan for your project or to establish line of credit with your bank. We offer Loan a minimum amount of 50,000.00 to 100 million Euros,Dollars & Pound-sterling.The financial instrument can be invested into High Yield Investment Trading Program (HYITP) or Private Placement Program (PPP).Rated bank such as Deutsche Bank, HSBC Bank, UBS Zurich, Barclay's Bank,Standard Chartered Bank E.T.C.

For more information, Endeavor to contact me at your convenient time.

Regards

Mr Willy Abels

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