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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: ADK Finance Ltd <yeswecanaz1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 07:51:24 -0700
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Dear Sir,

We are a Financial Consultancy Company that is currently expanding its
investment portfolio universally by offering financing to existing and
start-up companies for the financing of Scrap Metal and Oil and Gas
projects for genuine buyers with Insufficient Funds to import
petroleum products to their home countries or export demands. Our
mission and ideal target are collaborating with entrepreneurs/buyers
who purchase and export the underlisted products to countries such as
the United States of America, Canada, China, Singapore, UAE, South
Korea, Russia, India, and some countries in Africa, and are ascribed
with express fund release protocol.

We provide funding through financial partnership to inclusive business
models in a broad range of transactions within the oil and gas sector
and other lucrative businesses, we have the capacity to inject a
considerable amount of funds (via MT103, Bank Guarantee, SBLC MT760,
POF, or Documentary Letter of Credit) from top 25 prime banks By Lease
from 90days to 365 days duration in any viable oil and gas
transaction, a direct payment to your seller/Refinery account via our
issuing banks, We seek alternative silent and private placement
investments and will be interested in achieving a basic 3.5% annual
return on investment (ROI). Your project proposal presentation in the
form of an existing endorsed contract will be required with your
response to this mail.

Kindly respond urgently.

Yours faithfully,
Maurice Johnson
Principle consultant
ADK Finance Ltd
E-mail:mauricejohnson.aea@gmail.com

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