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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 Hassan Adel <atlaw_barrister@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Mr Hassan Adel <mrhassanadelatwa58@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 17:10:18 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: You are Loan Worthy



Attention:

I am Mr. Hassan Adel Atwa, direct agent with a Bank Guarantee provider. Our company act as mediator with clients or companies that requires LOAN that can help your Investments,company or Individual get credit line with our correspondent banks. Also our banking instrument can assist your Investments,company or Individually to grow. We act as mediator to cut some bottleneck associated with issuing BG,SBLC DLC, MTN and LO ( Letter of Credit ) which are specifically for LOAN. we are seeking means of expanding and relocating our business interest abroad with host of any profitable or lucrative ventures in the following sectors oil/Gas, banking, real estate, stock speculation and mining, Agriculture forestry, Health, Aviation, Transportation, Tourism, Retail, Real Estate, Construction, IT, Communications and Media, Technology, Education, Energy and Power Sectors, Engineering, Utilities, Telecoms, Mining, Maritime, Transportation, health Sector and Tobacco & fishing Thus any Sector
We are also ready to fund any projects in your region in the form of Loan / JV Partnership. We grant funding to both cooperate and private entities at low interest rate of ROI per annual. For all types of companies - from small and medium enterprises to large Corporate Firms, we will assist you so that your company or investments gets the right type of finance required for your business as well as fast approvals to help you act fast on new opportunities and to meet immediate demands.

We are ready to Loan or fund any investments with a capital tune of US$ 1M - 500 Million and above. All you have to do immediately is to ask any amount needed from our company and i assure you that we will grant it to you as agreed. We are here to assist any companies or Individual that are facing financial crises or down fall in their various Business sectors. On receipt of your response, I will forward to you further information which will give you a clear overview of this opportunity. If you feel this may be of interest to you, your company, Friends or relatives, write me back at this moment, I am constrained to issue more elaborate details and clarification of this offer until i received your positive response in my private e mail mr_ade_latwa_hassan58@yahoo.com

Regards,
Mr.Hassan Adel Atwa

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