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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: "Vogel Jr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jacobthovogeljr@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:35:25 -0700
Subject: Business and Private loan 9-10 31.170.8.205

Dear Sir/Madam
 
We are contacting you today to introduce ourselves as direct private lenders for business loans.
Funds are available for land development, business expansion capital, working capital, real property, construction projects, factoring, bank instruments, energy, manufacturing, telecommunications and real estate acquisitions such as hotel and commercial. We also take a look at the need for financing in a wide variety of other industries as well, such as oil and gas, new technologies, and forestry and mining to name a few.
Our pool of funds is provided by high net worth individuals, trust funds, family office funds as well as corporate and institutional funds. We act as the direct custodian of these funds provided by our clients who request that we operate with the utmost of privacy and discretion. As a result we normally fund individual projects starting from US$1 million well into the $500 million dollar range.
Please contact us if you are interested and we will send you the requirements for our review and approval process. If approved, funds can be made available to you in as little as 10 banking days.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the undersigned.
 
Looking forward to your response.
 
Yours,
Jacob Vogel Jr

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