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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: earlm@guysuco.com
Reply-To: rudolphestradainvestments@gmail.com
Date: 06 Jul 2021 23:09:03 -0700
Subject: Need Loan for the Your Business,Holidays Or Personal Loan ? contact us now

Rudolph I. Estrada
East West Bank
135 N. Los Robles Ave.
7th Floor
Pasadena, CA 91101

Dear Sir/Ma;

How are you doing?? Kindly permit me to share this information
with you.

Due to the Covid-19's effect on the world market & economy in
2019/2020, our Bank {East-West Investment Private Bank®} as a
brand is expanding its global presence this 2021 by investing in
projects in the USA and outside Gulf Region/ Europe / Asia
/Australia in the form of debt finance. We strongly believe you
have a company or private project that requires funding. We are
here to partner with you to achieve your goal for a 10years loan
duration with no collateral.

1. Minimum Funding Amount: $20,000 USD
2. Maximum Funding Amount: $10,000,000 USD
3. Placement Opens to: Entrepreneurs, Corporations and Investors
4. Funding Type:Debt Funding(100%)
5. ROI(Return on Investment): 4%
6. Duration of Loan: Up to 10 years - Renewable tenure
7. We finance 100% of the total project cost
8. We finance both ongoing and fresh projects.

Details of our activities will be shared with you as soon as you
get back to me via the details below

Regards,
Broker: Rudolph I. Estrada
Lead Independent Director
East West Bank, East West Bancorp, Inc.
Email: rudolphestradainvestments@gmail.com

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