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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. Collins B. Mark"<info@rolandhouel.fr>
Reply-To: <financialinstrumentis@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:41:56 +0800
Subject: Trust you are good?

Greetings,

Trust you are good?

My group render financial services and loan facility at a very
reasonable rate of 2.5% yearly re-payment please, get back to me for
more information if you are interested.

Presently we have USD/EURO 100M, 5Billion available. We arrange
Following Bank Instruments: Letter of Credit ( LC) From Various Banks
in Singapore / Hong Kong / Europe /USA. These instruments are used for
the purpose: For Import / Export Business and Trade Finance. Lifespan
are as follows: 90/180DAYS Bank Guarantee (BG ) Fresh Cut Slightly
Seasoned, Seasoned Stand By Letter of Credit (SBLC) 90DAYS /
180/365DAYS. We offer MTN, CD, POF. We lease and sell the above named
instruments. We work according to your request.

Please reply me with your direct mobile line, if you are interested
about the loan or BG.

Thanks,
Mr. Collins B. Mark.
E-mail: financialinstrumentis@gmail.com

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