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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: "Barr Bright Anderson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <brightanderson879@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 22:07:38 -0400
Subject: Urgent Attention
Dear Sir ,
The purpose of this business proposal is to alert you of the Global diversification quest which you have the opportunity to take advantage of, if you have a business investment project that lacks funding.
My client are presently seeking international portfolio diversification as a business expansion strategy.They are currently interested in debt finance only [pure loan] without any sector or regional restrictions and ready to facilitate and fund any business that is capable of generating at least 5% annual return on investment.
Below are brief on the Investment Portfolio:
Minimum and Maximum Funding:$1 Million to $400 Million USD
Placement Opens to: Entrepreneurs, Corporations and Investors
Funding Type: Loan Investment
Term: 2-15 years - Repayment/ Renewable tenure
Based on the above information, we shall be glad to receive your Project Plan/Executive Summary in a compatible format (PDF -recommended) for our review if you have any project funding need and interested to discuss further.
Regards,
Barr Bright Anderson
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