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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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Fraud email example:

From: "thomas liegal" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thomasliegal121@zoho.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:00:46 -0700
Subject: Offers Of BG/SBLC and Non Recourse Loan

Hello Sir/ Madam,

We are currently offering a on Non-Recourse Loan against Bank instruments with our Monetization Program, which means you don't have to return back the loan. Yes with our Monetization program, We will provide you with a Loan of 65% LTV, whereas If you provide Bank Guarantee/Standby Letter of Credit Value $100M,we will provide you with a Non-recourse Loan for $65M USD cash (65%LTV) of the value of the Bank Guarantee. But if you do not have a Bank Guarantee, that is certainly not a problem as we have a BG provider to issue the BG on your behalf and we will Monetize the BG in your favour and fund you with 65% of the value of the BG. The most interesting part of this program is that the Leasing Fee will be deducted at closing and 65% will be wired to your account, you will only be responsible for the swift charges of the BG but the leasing fee will be deducted from the loan amount at closing. Our loan range is from 1 Million-50 billion Max.We also provide Genuine Bank Instrument such as Fresh Cut BG, SBLC and MTN

DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENTS:1.

Instrument: Bank Guarantee (BG/SBLC)2. Total Face

Value: 1 Million MIN -50 Billion MAX USD/EURO3.

Issuing Bank: HSBC, London, Deutsche Bank Frankfurt or any of the Top 25 AA Rated Bank.4. Age: One Year, One Day5. Leasing Price: 6% of FaceValue plus 2% commission fees to brokers/consultant.6. Delivery: SWIFT TO SWIFT.7. Payment: MT-103.8. Hard Copy: Bonded Courier within 7banking days. Please let me know which of the services that interests you? so that I can provide you with more information and procedure.Brokers and Consultants are also welcomed.

PLEASE ONLY DIRECT CLIENT OR MANDATE
SHOULD REPLY TO THIS

Regards.

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