419 scam: "Richard Smith"<admin@dealer.com> Corporations and Investors

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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: "Richard Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <titanfuelx@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 03:08:07 -0700
Subject: Corporations and Investors

Attention

We are currently expanding our investment portfolio outside the gulf
region, and we have been engaged in a wide spectrum of economic activities
in the gulf region. We are currently interested in discussing
projects/transactions in need of debt finance [loan] only.

Below are brief on the Investment Portfolio:

Minimum/Maximum Funding: $1 Million to $300 Million USD
Placement Opens to: Entrepreneurs, Corporations and Investors
Funding Type: Loan Investment
Funding Rate: 4% Interest Rate per annum
Term: 2-10 years – Repayment/ Renewable tenure

We don’t have any specific area of funding but we give priority attention
to Real estate. Other Sectors of Interest are Oil & Gas, Agriculture,
Health, Aviation, Tourism, Retail, Construction, IT & Communications,
Technology, Education, Energy, Engineering, Utilities, Telecoms, Mining,
Maritime and most of other profitable ventures.

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. Reply if interested and have viable business proposal to present.

Best regards,
Richard Smith.
Private Lender and investment advisor.

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