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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: "GK Capital Group" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gkcg@consultant.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:54:25 -0800
Subject: Attn: Entrepreneur

Dear Entrepreneur,

The GK Capital Group is a venture capital firm specializing in growth
capital investments.It seeks to invest in public and private securities in
a broad range of areas including real estate, energy, oil and gas,
emerging markets and high-technology. Within the technology sector, the
firm focuses on communications, software and digital content and services.
The GK Capital Group is an independently owned, international organisation
specialising in providing financial solutions for any purpose, in any
situation. Founded by Mr.Paul Wolf, the GK Capital Group takes great
pride in satisfying the needs of our clients. Our primary focus is to
simplify the whole process to borrow money and create Investments.
The GK Capital Group portfolios are structured and registered as Fund of
Funds and these are actively managed by our investment team.

The GK Capital Group intends investing in a range of between
$5Million-$100Million in any viable projects that your company requires
funding on an equity investment capacity/Loan Applications, on vetting of
your company's Business Plan we shall determine on the projects possible
funding.

Endeavor to respond promptly if the investment proposal meets your
company's Approval.

Kind Regards,

Mr.Paul Wolf
GK Capital Group
LEVEL 19, IFC TWO TOWER,
8 FINANCE STREET,
CENTRAL HONG KONG


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