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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: "Waha Capital" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <waha@waha-capital.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 22:55:35 -0800
Subject: FUNDING>

Dear Sir/Madam,

We invite you to take advantage of our investment loan program to fund yourexisting or intending projects.Our company in partnership with our
partners offers flexible investment loans for projects with high-returns and payback prospects without the usual rigid procedures of conventional
lenders.Possible uses for our Loan include:

* WORKING CAPITAL
* RENOVATION OR IMPROVEMENTS TO BUSINESS BUILDING
* MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION
* LAND AND BUILDING PURCHASE OR LEASE
* REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
* REFINANCING OF BUSINESS DEBT.
* AGRICULTURE
*MANUFACTURING
*TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT

Our clients enjoy interest as low as 3% on loan taken and as long as loan maturity period of up to 10 years if used as working capital for the
business or up to 25 years if used for fixed assets..

We have the financial capacity to provide loan/funding up to US$500 million and above,in as much as the proposed project meets our
viability/profitability criteria. We aso fund your import or export business, and trading on any platform, by providing Bank guarrantees, LCs,
in the form of MT103, MT160 etc

If you have strong business background and profit-making initiatives, we are ready to support you via our investment loan program to realize your
dream(s) for a very low percentage .Please,contact us if you are interested at waha@waha-capital.com


Best Regards,

Waha Captal

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