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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: "Sheikh Bassam Alghanim" <fidel.nkrumah11@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: mect.191@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 03:01:24 +0800
Subject: WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU




Attention:,

Middle East Capital Investment Company is a financial Giant in private
joint stock company, established 1999 in UAE, which specializes in Loan,
Finance & Investment activities in real estate and hospitality,
industrial and sustainable technologies, strategic financial investments,
specialized education, healthcare services, Agriculture, manufacturing,
Mining, Energy and additional environmentally sustainable projects.equity
position with a 5 to 10 year hold.
In 2020, we plan on acquiring up to 2 Trillion in high-quality, low risk
assets and investments to capitalize on the current market cycle.

We also give a 2% commission to brokers, who brings project owners for
finance or other opportunities.

Middle East Capital Investment Company is acting as a lender and the fund
will be disbursed on a clear interest rate of 5% annually to the equity
partners and Entrepreneurs for their investment projects.

For further details please contact me directly with your business plans or
project summary to my email.




Regards,
Sheikh Bassam Alghanim
Chief Executive Officer
Middle East Capital Towers
P.O.Box 5151, Abudhabi,
United Arab Emirates,
United Arab Emirates,
Tel: +971 5 5215260
Fax: +971 5 52152688,

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