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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: "mr.alain_charle" <mr.alain_charles30@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: coastalsecurityservice@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 18:26:55 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP NEEDED URGENTLY

RE: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP NEEDED URGENTLY.



I am Financial Consultant representing a private investor. We are

currently seeking means of expanding and relocating our business

interest abroad in the following sectors: oil/Gas, banking, real

estate, stock speculation and mining, transportation, health sector

and tobacco, Communication Services, Agriculture Forestry & Fishing,

thus any sector.



If you think you have a solid background and idea of making good

profit in any of the mentioned Business sectors or any other business

in your country, please write me for possible business co-operation.

More so, we are ready to facilitate and fund any business that is

capable of generating 10 0x1.496fdbffffd2ep-895nnual return on investment (AROI) Joint

Venture partnership and Hard loan funding can also be considered.



ALTERNATIVELY:



If JV will not match your project, we are open to inject the above

fund into your project via direct loan with soft repayment terms, one

(1) year moratorium and 5.5 0.000000ixed interest rate per annum. 80%

income-generating projects are accepted. On property 70% TV is

obtainable. Secured or unsecured loan funding is available. Term is up

to 25 years with possible roles and extensions on closing time line of

7-14 days. Should this be of interest to you, do not hesitate to

e-mail us back for further information. We take this opportunity to

thank you for taking the time to read the contents of this mail. REPLY

ME BACK



Kind regards,

Mr.Alain Charles

Financial Consultant




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