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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: "Christian Gamberg" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <metalblancsa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 05:12:57 -0800
Subject: Invest in your project and pay 3% per year- Investieren Sie in Ihr Projekt und zahlen Sie 3% pro Jahr

Dear Sir
Dear Madam

I am a professional banker and I am in contact with private investors who want to invest in Germany ,Austria , Switzerland or anywhere in the world. Currently I have investors who want to invest from 100.000 euro to 70 million euro but we want to work with serious partners. If you have very interesting projects in which we can invest the funds and get an annual return of 3% per year.
if you have a project in which you can invest, you will receive a commission of 30% to prepare your project and you will invest the balance 70% for the project. If you invest this 70% in your project, you will pay an annual rate of return of 3% per year and during the 20 years of partnership.

Please contact us if you have any projects in which we can invest the funds together and we discuss the terms of a joint partnership. I will notify you that the contract is available and as soon as you send an answer to us, we will send the contract to you.

Please contact us by email only: globalgmbhproject@gmail.com

Best regards
Phillippe




Lieber Herr
Sehr geehrte Frau

Ich bin ein professioneller Bankier und bin in Kontakt mit privaten Investoren, die in Deutschland, Österreich, die Schweiz oder irgendwo in der Welt investieren wollen. Derzeit habe ich Investoren, die von 100.000 Euro auf 70 Millionen Euro investieren wollen, aber wir wollen mit ernsthaften Partnern arbeiten. Wenn Sie sehr interessante Projekte haben, in denen wir die Fonds investieren und eine jährliche Rendite von 3% pro Jahr erhalten können.
Wenn Sie ein Projekt haben, in das Sie investieren können, erhalten Sie eine Provision von 30%, um Ihr Projekt vorzubereiten und Sie werden die Balance 70% für das Projekt investieren. Wenn Sie diese 70% in Ihr Projekt investieren, zahlen Sie eine jährliche Rendite von 3% pro Jahr und während der 20-jährigen Partnerschaft.

Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns, wenn Sie Projekte haben, in die wir die Gelder investieren können, und wir diskutieren die Bedingungen einer gemeinsamen Partnerschaft. Ich werde Ihnen mitteilen, dass der Vertrag vorliegt und sobald Sie eine Antwort an uns senden, senden wir Ihnen den Vertrag zu.

Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns per E-Mail nur: globalgmbhproject@gmail.com

Freundliche Grüße
Phillippe








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