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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: "Mr. Divine Goodluck" <fhfyftf@hffgggtgttt.website.tk>
Reply-To: <divingoodluck1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 20:23:57 -0700
Subject: LOAN INVESTMENT WITH CAPITAL

Dear Friend,

We are Loan and Investment company that is legally registered in London, United Kingdom to provide personal loans, business loan & project financing. We are also direct providers of bank instruments such as bank guarantees (BG), standby letters of credit (SBLC), DLC, Letters of credit (LC). Our bank instruments are issued by prime banks such as HSBC Hong Kong or London, Barclays Bank London, Citibank New York, Standard Chartered bank or any top AAA rated bank of your choice. We provide both secured loans and unsecured loans and our loan interest rate is just 3% per year.

We are also interested in joint ventures, partnerships, direct loan, debt or equity. So if you have any viable business or project that needs funding just send me an email for more details.

Furthermore, we are looking forward to partnering and/or working with brokers, agents or company representatives. In the case where you do not have any need for a loan, you can serve as our agent, broker or company representative. You will be entitled to 1% of total value of every business you bring to us. For example, if you bring a customer that receives 10 Million Dollar bank guarantee from us you will be paid 1% (US$100,000) as broker commission. So many brokers are working for our company and they get good commissions weekly, this is a better way of making money than working for any company.

If you would like to work or do business with us, kindly get back to us stating your area of interest to guide us on the next step.

In anticipation of having a pleasant business relationship with you, please accept the assurances of our esteem regards.

Thanks and Best Regards,

Mr. Divine Goodluck
EMAIL: divingoodluck1@gmail.com

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