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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Al Khalifa family fund" <admin@dealer.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 01:44:58 -0700
Subject: Project Financing
Greetings,
Are you in anyway in need of project financing or raising capital for your project/transactions. It is my pleasure to inform you that we just launched the Al Khalifa family fund and we are currently expanding our investment portfolio outside the Kingdom of Bahrain investing into projects at 3% interest annually.
We have the capacity to finance projects from $1 Million to $100 Million only.
We are open to discuss business and project financing with any Chief executive officer,Project owner interested in debt financing.
Reply to our agent on this: nermeen@afaeq-trade.com if interested and have viable business proposal to present.
Only serious project owners with a viable project will be considered.
Allah Bless,
Hussien Maj
Chief Investment Officer.
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