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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr. Thomas Giles" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gilesdrthomas@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 08:29:05 -0400
Subject: INVESTMENT LOAN FUNDING.
Dear sir,
We write to introduce our company: BRIDGEWAY FINANCE LIMITED.
We are financial brokers.
Our company can assist you in securing project and investment loan funding, bank instruments (Bank Guarantee (BG), Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC)) to aid you secure funds appropriately from any AAA+ rated banks or your local funding bank for your projects.
We also assist with bank instrument monetization for instruments issued and confirmed from AAA+ rated banks through our providers and associates trading and investment houses here in the UK
We focus more on Leased instrument especially Seasoned BG/SBLC/MTN which is confirmable on Euroclear first before we deliver Swift MT799 and MT760. Contact us today and let us see how best we can help you with securing funding for your projects.
Thank you and regards
Dr. Thomas Giles.
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