419 scam: "Global Gulf Investment Group" <info@globalgulfinvestmentgroup.com> THE PRESIDENT/CEO

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "loan amount" (Beware of fake loan offers. Real lenders would not normally use free webmail addresses such as Yahoo, nor would they lend to individuals or small businesses in a different country from where they are based. Beware of mobile phones or redirector numbers!)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Global Gulf Investment Group" <info@globalgulfinvestmentgroup.com>
Reply-To: info.globalgulfinvestmentgroup@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:58:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: THE PRESIDENT/CEO

ATTN: SIR/MADAM.

The Global Gulf Investment Group and Dynaserv Ltd is a private investment
company located in Kingdom of Bahrain. Presently, we are expanding our
company internationally and we see your company as a viable project
company to invest our funds.
After our evaluation of your company from the CLEANTECH OPEN 2014, I must
congratulate you on your mindset as regards your company as it guarantees
a promising and progressive investment drive. It is an outstanding avenue
for an ambitious person of repute and we envisage a better prospect from
it all.
We propose to invest our funds in your company as loan with 5% ROI for a
perio7-10 years. We issued out a loan amount for €100,000.000.00 One
hundred Million euros which i am attaching copy of the MT760 swift issued
by o
We propose to invest our funds in your company as loan with 5% ROI for a
period 7-10 years. We issued out a loan amount for €100,000.000.00 One
hundred Million euros which i am attaching copy of the MT760 swift issued
by our banker in UK to Kabew Kenya Ltd.
Our management and banker discovered inappropriate information submitted
by Kabew Kenya Ltd so we want to re-assign the amount to a capable lender
who can provide the necessary legit information which will be verified by
our management and banker and we will instruct our banker to re-assign the
€100,000.000.00 to you as the new borrower.
You can confirm the availability of the fund €100,000.000.00 One Hundred
Million Euros from your banker and upon satisfaction from your banker, we
proceed to re-assign the funding to your company

Regards,
Mrs Sofia Mohammed
Global Gulf Investment Group
Kingdom of Bahrain.
Office United Kingdom.
USA.Office.

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