419 scam: "Allen"<ay283798@gmail.com> I hope this message finds you well!

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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: "Allen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrjohnallenja@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:22:24 -0700
Subject: I hope this message finds you well!

Dear Sir

I hope this message finds you well!

I am a broker in United States of America and a direct to a
genuine/real Lender company of soft loan, non recourse loan, project
funding and credit line. The Lender company has 100% success rate
record on all transactions they have accepted from me.

Acceptable collateral is a fully cash backed BG or SBLC issued from an
AAA rated top 25 banks. LTV (Loan To Value) for owned BG/SBLC is up to
98% while leased BG attracts 40% LTV. Interest rate for direct loan is
between 1.5% - 2.5%. Minimum loan request is Ten Million Euros (€10M)
while the Maximum loan request is Thirty Billion Euros (€30B).

Also, if you do not have the required BG/SBLC-collateral or if you do
need a BG/SBLC-collateral provider, I could direct you to an
BG/SBLC-collateral provider who gave BG/SBLC collateral to my last
client that secured a Two Billion Euros (€2B) loan from the Lender
company.

Intermediaries/Consultants/ Brokers are welcome to bring their clients
and are 100% protected. In complete confidence, we will work together
for the benefits of all parties involved.

For more information, endeavor to contact me quickly.

Regards,

MrJohn Allen

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