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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: tahoma kamran <tahom.broker@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tahoma.broker@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 01:17:02 +0100
Subject: BANK INSTRUMENT (BG/SBLC/LC/DLC/MTN) FOR LEASE WITH NO UPFRONT FEE


Sir,

I am direct to a provider who can help you finance or fund your project
through banking instrument such as BG’s, Insurance Guarantees, MTN, (SBLC)
Standby Letters of Credit and Third Party Guarantees such as a standby
forward commitment to purchase or a standby loan. Our lease fees depends on
the total face value of instrument you want for lease and brokers
commission are open to be determined. There is room for negotiation with
our prices.

kindly contact me via the below information if you are interested in any of
our services, by providing you with yearly renewable leased bank
instruments. We work directly with issuing bank lease providers, this
Instrument can be monetized on your behalf for 100% funding.

For inquiry Email me at tahoma.broker@gmail.com and you can also Skype with
me at tahoma.brokers

Warm Regards,
Tahoma Kamran

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