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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: Baleares Investment and Loan Company <james.cooksbi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info@balearesinvests.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 19:03:56 -0500
Subject: Re: We Are Direct Providers of Loans, Project Finance, Bank
Guarantees, BG, SBLC, DLC etc



--
Dear Esteemed Colleague,
We write to introduce our company to you.
Baleares Investment and Loan Company Limited is legally registered in
the
United Kingdom with Company Registration Number: 02042175. Our services
include personal loan, 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. 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.

Mr. James Cooks
Skype ID: bialcl86
Telephone: +44 770 913 5295

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