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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: "From Dr.Richard Okala" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richardugonnaokala@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 21:26:17 +0100
Subject: DO YOU NEED LOAN FOR PROJECT/BUISNESS FINANCING////

Global Trust Finance And Loan Company..



Sir/Madam..


Our clients (Investors) ; our clients are capable of funding any legitimate and viable project that can generate 5% annual interest, due to the global economic melt down we raise loans and grants to people all over the world that are capable to invest and return such loans back to us at your convenient time after the maturity of your investment both locally or outside your Country,whatever project you can invest it either in real estate of what you knows how best to accomplish or your area of specializations..

Funding availability ranging from US$100,000,00 to US$500,000,000 Million Project funding is in form of Loan , as our clients will not be part of the investments/ projects. Our investors are only interested in providing funds as loan to you if you are interested for such loan,this is an American Finance Company with branches World Wide as we are reaching you now from our African Regional Desk in Abuja,Nigeria..

If you are interested in obtaining loan for project/business funding do contact me immediately with your contact details, company's address and a copy of your identifications and the Country you based in so that i will process the loan in for more directives on this loan arrangement...

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Richard U.Okala.

NOTE: Get send your response and willingness for the loan on this Email ID: ==richardugonnaokala@gmail.com==

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