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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: "Mich Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <competentfinanciers@financier.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:21:26 +0100
Subject: Bank Guarantee Lease/sales

Dear Sir,
We are direct providers of Fresh Cut BG, SBLC and MTN which are specifically for lease, our bank instrument can be engage in PPP Trading, Discounting, signature project(s) such as Aviation, Agriculture, Petroleum, Telecommunication, construction of Dams, Bridges, Real Estate and all kind of projects.
We do not have any broker chain in our offer or get involved in chauffer driven offers. We deliver with time and precision as setforth in the agreement. Our terms and Conditions are reasonable, below is our instrument description.
DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENTS: 1. Instrument: Bank Guarantee (BG/SBLC) (Appendix A) 2. Total Face Value: Eur 1 MIN and Eur 5B MAX (Five Billion USD). 3. Issuing Bank: HSBC, London or Deutsche Bank Frankfurt or any Top 25 WEB 4. Age: One Year, One Day 5. Leasing Price: 5% of Face Value plus 1% commission fees to brokers. 6. Delivery: SWIFT TO SWIFT. 7. Payment: MT-103. 8. Hard Copy: Bonded Courier within 7 banking days.
 
We operate in such a unique way that we deliver promptly unlike other agents who abandon clients halfway with bunch of unfulfilled promises. A trial will convince you.
Email: michbrown202@gmail.com
Phone: +447031921525, +447045774472
Fax: +448435643810
Contact Person: Mich Brown

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