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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: "Dr. Ramzi Suleiman" <difcbroker@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 18:30:43 -0700
Subject: PROJECT FUNDING

--
Greetings,

I am a project consultant with wide range of investors that are
willing to invest in several types of business with interest rate
ranging from 1.5% to 5% per annum over a length period of 5 years
after which loan can be returned or contract renewed as it shall be
placed under soft loan.

If you have any project or business that requires funding in order to
proceed,i will like to have a quick view on your project summary,
where you are to state the structure of business, Expected returns and
how much you will require that we approve of your firm to be able to
carry out your project investment and we offer full business funding
as long as the business falls within our scope of funding.

As soon as i acknowledge the receipt of your project summary,i shall
review ascertain if our investors will like to invest in your line of
business after which i shall inform you on how to proceed.

We expect your project presentation/Business plan to be able to cover
the following functional areas:

- An introduction of your company and structure or an Introduction of
the business
- Historical evaluation of business plan
- Financial structure and analysis to support the investment plan and
proposition as presented
- in summary, you should state the total amount in US$ or GBP needed
to fund the business in a clearly defined time frame.

Note, that We are receiving good projects viable for funding and I
will be glad to assist you on how to get your project approved for
funding.

Sincerely,
Dr. Ramzi Suleiman
Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai C1 Building,
2nd Floor, P. O. BOX 12120
Dubai, UAE.
E-mail: difcbroker@gmail.com

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