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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: "Robert Chen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ams78@mail.kz>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 09:15:16 -0000
Subject: Urgent Endeavor!!!

Attn:CHAIRMAN/CEO/DIRECTOR/MANAGER/SIR/MADAM

DO YOU HAVE PROJECTS/INVESTMENT/FACTORY/COMPANY/ AND YOU NEED CAPITAL,TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS LOAN OFFER!!!


The Objective of this Letter is to inform you that WE are now offering loans to ongoing businesses seeking financing. We finance businesses for expansion capital, working capital, construction projects, and factory building. Our main strength is that we are able to be more creative with financing than normal lending allows. Leased Instruments can be obtained at minimal expense to the borrower compared to other banking options. This offer is opened to both individuals and corporate bodies.

Our competitive loan packages are geared for businesses seeking financing from $50m to $5Billion USD. One of our mandates is to also place funds for our institutional investor clients. We entertain requests in the energy, manufacturing, telecommunications and real estate sectors but are not limited to these industries.We offer bank guarantee leasing through major class 'A' banks in Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East. Our leasing fees are very competitive and funding is available now but only on first come first serve basis.

Here is a brief outline detailing our lending procedures.

Completion of our loan application form
Submission of a Business Plan and/or Executive Summary.
Our terms and conditions are from 3-6% per annum and we can lend up to 10 years depending on the project.

DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENTS:
1. Instrument: Bank Instruments (BankGuarantees (BG/SBLC) etc
2. Total Face Value: Eur 1M MIN and Eur 5B MAX (Five Billion USD).
3. Issuing Bank: HSBC London, Deutsche Bank Frankfurt or any Top 25 AA Rated Bank
4. Age: One Year, One Day or as agreed by both parties
5. Leasing Price: 8% of Face Value,NO Brokers No intermidiaries..
6. Delivery: SWIFT TO SWIFT.
7. Payment: Direct wire
8. Hard Copy: Bonded Bank Courier within 7 banking days.

We do not require any upfront fees and all transactions are between your BANK and our BANK.

Our BG Financing can help you get your project funded, by providing you with yearly renewable leased bank instruments.

Kindly contact me by email if you wish to commence a proposal for financing with us. Once we receive your application we would revert back to you within 5 business days, in order to proceed with our review and approval process.



Please get back to me with your response on the above.

Sincere Regards,
Robert Chen
Loan Coordinator

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