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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: M J Raouf <john.paine@tbkcapital.co.nz>
Reply-To: M J Raouf <info.firstgrpinvestment123@gmail.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2022 16:12:00 -0700
Subject: Greetings
Dear Sir
Greetings from FGI
Hope you and your team are doing great? I am M.J Raouf and I
represent a Bahrain Based Investment Company as a Director
International Investments & New Businesses and we are expanding
our global presence by investing in projects outside the Gulf
Region in the form of debt finance only/Soft Loan.
We grant our funding at a guaranteed 3% annual interest for
projects from 2 years to 15 years term. We have the financial
capacity to fund projects between $300,000 -$3.5 Billion USD as
loan and not direct investment, so if you or your clients have
any viable Project,Investment,business that needs funding,kindly
revert for more details on the application and procedure.
Waiting for your response for further details on the funding
procedure so as to proceed.
PLEASE SUBMIT FORM IF YOU HAVE COLLECTED
Best Regards and Stay Safe.
M J Raouf
Director International Investments & New Businesses
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