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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: "Ronald Owen Perelman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ronaldperelman016@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 00:36:56 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT ADVICE

Dear Sir/Madam

We are presently seeking international portfolio diversification as a business expansion strategy.It is my pleasure to send you this business proposal.We are currently interested in debt finance only [pure loan].Below are brief on the Investment Portfolio:

• Minimum and Maximum Funding:$1 Million to $400 Million USD
• Placement Opens to: Entrepreneurs, Corporations and Investors
• Funding Type: Loan Investment
• Funding Rate: 4% Interest Rate per annum
• Term: 7-10 years – Repayment/ Renewable tenure

We don’t have any major area of funding but we give priority attention to Real estate. Other Sectors of Interest: Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Health, Aviation,Tourism, Retail, Construction, IT & Communications, Technology, Education, Energy,Engineering, Utilities, Telecoms, Mining, Maritime and host of other profitable
ventures.

Based on the above information, we shall be glad to receive your Project Plan/Executive Summary in a compatible format (PDF -recommended) for our review.

Regards,

Ronald Owen Perelman

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