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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: "Terry" <mehdi@sls.ir>
Reply-To: terryanderson3008@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:26:36 +0200
Subject: Loans and Project Funding..23

Hello dear,

Please consider this as privileged information. Robert Rose Consult provides development capital and a wide range of financial avenues to you to create a larger business, complete an acquisition or successfully develop a major capital project via our investor clients.

Their company is managing assets, debentures and securities registered in Bloomberg, Euroclear Screens via Prime Banks. Their clientele are high profile and net worth individuals, families and organizations whose assets run into several billions of Dollars, Euros and Pounds sterling.

If you have project(s) that require funding which you have done a feasibility study of such a project, please revert back to me with the full project plan and executive summary. I will submit the same to the company on your behalf and they will contact you only if they consider you suitably qualified.

Please also note that these assets and securities are registered on Bloomberg, Euroclear screens and legitimately certified by IMF for trading program and liquidation as funds for loans and project funding. Our investor handles the liquidation and reassignment protocol. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely yours,
Terry Anderson

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