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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!

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From: "Willy.Power@bgatlantic.co.uk" <willypower66@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: "Willy.Power@bgatlantic.co.uk" <willypower.bgatlanictic@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:10:25 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: We are direct providers of Fresh Cut Bank Guarantee BG, SBLC


BG ATLANTIC FINANCE LIMITED
100 Thames Valley Park Drive
Reading Berkshire, RG6 1PT
United Kingdom
Tel/ +44 7031997477
eFax +1-606-766-1957
RC: 03949560
BG, SBLC,


Hi,

 

We are direct providers of Fresh Cut Bank Guarantee BG, SBLC, which we have specifically for lease. We do not have any broker chain in this offer or get involved in Chauffeur driven offers. We deliver with time
and precision as Seth forth in the agreement. You are at liberty to
engage our leased facilities into trade programs as well as in signature project(s) such as Aviation, Agriculture, Petroleum, Telecommunication, construction of Dams, Personal Finance, Bridges and any other turnkey
project(s) etc we provide financial assistance to any project,
transactions. Our terms and Conditions are reasonable and best in the
world. A bank account qualifies you to receive our BG. Find below our
terms and procedures:
 
DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENTS:
 
1. Instrument: Bank Guarantee (BG)/SBLC (Appendix A)
2. Total Face Value: Euro 10M MIN and Eur 5B MAX (Five Billion USD).
3. Issuing Bank: HSBC London or AA rated Bank in Western Europe or USA.
4. Age: One Year, One Day
5. Leasing Price: 8% of Face Value
plus 2% commission fees to brokers to be shared 50/50 between the
brokers on both lessor/lessee side
6. Delivery SWIFT TO SWIFT.
7. Payment: Wire Transfer.
8. Hard Copy: Bonded Courier within 7 banking days.
 
PROCEDURE:
 
1. Lessor and Lessee execute, sign and initial this Deed of
Agreement, which thereby automatically becomes a full commercial
recourse contract.
 
2. Within 3 days after both parties sign the Agreement, Lessor will issue a signed and a Corporate Refund Recourse Undertaking Guarantee to the Lessee guarantying to refund Lessee all the cost incurred by lessee for the bank transmission charges.
 
3. Within 3 working days after Lessee receives Lessor's signed and
sealed Corporate Refund Recourse Undertaking, Lessee will make payment
by wire transfer into the Lessor’s bank account for the bank
transmission charges for the BG/SBLC MT760 swift transmission to
Lessee’s bank account.
 
4. Within Three (3) banking days after confirmation of receipt of
payment of the bank transmission charges for the BG/SBLC MT760 swift in
Lessor’s bank account, the Lessor will deliver the BG/SBLC via bank
confirmation of swift BG/SBLC MT760 to the Lessee’s bankers including
the hard copy of the BG/SBLC via bank bonded courier in Seven (7)
banking days.
 
5. Lessee pays Lessor the leasing fee and the brokers their
commission fees not later than 7 banking days after the BG/SBLC hard
copy is received and confirmed at lessee’s bank. Should Lessee default
to pay the leasing fees to the lessor and the brokers commission fees as agreed after 7 banking days of confirmation of BG/SBLC MT760 in
lessee’s bank account, Lessor will instruct the issuing bank to put a
claim on the BG/SBLC thereby forcing the Lessee’s bankers to return the
BG/SBLC MT760 to the issuing Bank.You are free to let us know how much
you want to lease.

All relevant business information will be provided upon request.
SWIFT HARMONIZATION TO  SEND MT799 AND MT76
LIQUIDATION FEES
1. Liquidation / external auditors’  fees for      1  M  to     50  M  is  USD/EUR    20,000.00
2.  Liquidation / external auditors’ fees for    60  M  to   100  M  is  USD/EUR     40,000.00
3. Liquidation / external auditors’ fees for  200  M  to   600  M   is  USD/EUR    60,000.00
4. Liquidation / external auditors’ fees for  700   M  to       2  B   is  USD/EUR    90,000.0
5. Liquidation / external  auditors’ fees for      3  B   to       9  B   is  USD/EUR  100,000.00
6.  Liquidation / external auditors’ fees for    10  B   to     50  B   is  USD/EUR   130,000.00

 
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Best Regards,
Willy Power

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