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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: <saneh@ms.su.ac.th>
Reply-To: <sendmail@devprojectstatus.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:29:51 +0100
Subject: Investment Company

Good Day,

We are a registered Private Loan Investment Company in the United
Kingdom, we also registered with the Turkish British Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TBCCI) we have operations in Europe and Asia.

We are seeking for beneficiaries who source for fund to expand/relocating their business interest abroad. We are ready to
fund projects outside Turkey and United Kingdom in the form of Soft Loan. We grant loans to both corporate and private entities at a low interest rate of 2% R.O.I per annul.

We like to grant loan in the following sectors: oil/Gas, banking, real estate, stock speculation and mining, transportation, health sector and
tobacco, Communication Services, Agriculture Forestry & Fishing,
thus any sector. The terms are very flexible and interesting.

Please contact us for more details;


Kind regards,

Paul McCann

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