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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: "Assets Alliance LTD" <aalimited@consultant.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:06:47 -0700
Subject: Submit your project summary to us

Hello

It is a great honor to communicate with you and introduce our
Investment Group for 2022. We represent a strong global financial and
strategic funding and investment organization, as a Europe and Asia-based
investment and Finance facilitation Company we are working towards expanding our international portfolio globally and funding projects in the form of debt financing from USD1 Million and above, we also offer personal and business loans from the tune of 1M USD to 5B USD.

We wish to re-invest through project funding in an investment loan to
third-party investors, and project owners on a 2.5% interest rate per
annum on long-term investment projects that can generate up to 10% ROI
within the period. Kindly confirm your interest in further
proceedings to commence,

1-Oil and gas project
2-Bussiness Start-Up3-Bussiness Acquisition
4-Real Commercial estate purchase
5- Contract Execution etc,

We would be happy to receive your Executive Summary/Project Plan as
well as accept an NDA. It is our firm resolve to diligently
participate in any viable project of your choice with a view to financing and providing soft loans. Submit your project summary to us for evaluation for funding.

Best Regards,
Mr James. H Williams
Assets Alliance LTD
Investor, Customer Care Unit

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