419 scam: "SGL"<SGL@consultant.com> Attn: Entrepreneur/

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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: "SGL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <j.rubins@gmx.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:10:47 -0700
Subject: Attn: Entrepreneur/

Dear Entrepreneur,

The SGL 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 SGL Group is an independently owned, international organization specializes in providing financial solutions for any purpose, in any situation. Founded by Jonathan Rubins, the SGL 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 SGL Group portfolios are structured and registered as Fund of Funds and these are actively managed by our investment team.

The SGL Group intends investing in a range of between GBP5Million-GBP50Million 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,

Jonathan Rubins
SGL Group
Redbourne Avenue
London N3 2BP UK

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