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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Dr Marek Koz <drahmedhassan971@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drcanparker17@aol.com
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:58:17 -0700
Subject: Investment/Funding
Dear Sir.
It is a great honor for us to communicate with you and introduce our
Investment Group for 2021. We represent a strong global finance and
strategic finance and investment organization.
We are working on our international Portfolio worldwide and financing
projects in the form of external financing from From $ 1 million, we also
offer personal and business loans from $ 1 million to $ 500 million.
We want to reinvest in investment loans to third parties through project
funding
Party investors, project owners at an interest rate of 2.5% per year for
long-term investment projects that can achieve up to 10% ROI within the
period.
Please confirm your interest in initiating further proceedings,
1 oil and gas project
2 company formation
3 company acquisition
4-Commercial property purchase
5- Execution of the contract, etc.,
We look forward to your executive summary / project planning and the
acceptance of an NDA.
We are determined to participate diligently in any viable project of your
choice in terms of financing and low-interest loan delivery.
Finally, we also pay 3% commission to brokers or friends who introduce
project owners for funding or other opportunities.
Send us the summary of your project for evaluation for funding.
Kind regards.
Dr. Marek Koz
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