419 scam: Paul Mann <bfs.lender@gmail.com> Financial Instrument offer

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "registration fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Paul Mann <bfs.lender@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bglease1313@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 09:59:54 +0100
Subject: Financial Instrument offer

Dear sir,
We offer financial instrument lease such as BG, SBLC, MTN and others, if you
need to lease fresh cut or seasoned bank instrument at a reasonable rate and
condition from a genuine and reliable lender from U.S and UK., please
contact me at your convenient time. You are at liberty to engage our leased
facilities into trade programs as well as in signatory project(s) such as
Aviation, Agriculture, Petroleum, Telecommunication and any other turnkey
project(s) etc.

With our bank instrument you can establish line of credit with your bank or
secure loan for your projects in which our bank instrument will serve a
collateral in your bank to fund your project.

We deliver with time and precision as sethforth in the agreement. Our terms
and Conditions are reasonable. Below procedure its for BG/SBLC and MTN
lease, other bank instrument procedure will be provided on request.

Please read the following options for potential clients seeking financial
instruments

OPTION 1:
If require financial assistance such as loan or credit line to finance your
signatory projects, we offer loan from various bank at rate of 5%. If your
client has security, then no need to pay the 0.1% security, just
registration fee - only the 4% annual interest and the principal payment

OPTION 2:
We offer seasoned BG, SBLC and MTN, from various AA rated bank (Top 25
Bank), we lease at rate of 6%+2% and sell at rate of 50%+2%.

OPTION 3:
If you intend to lease fresh cut bank instrument such as BG, SBLC, CD, CBD
and MTN from various AA rated bank (Top 25 Bank), the price is 6%+2%.

We will send you our financial instrument discription and procedure on
receipt of your response, we are ready, willing and able to proceed
immediately.

Thank you
Mr. Paul Mann

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