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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Encio, Raul O" <admin@naudio.tk>
Reply-To: "paradisefinancialgroupllc@gmail.com" <paradisefinancialgroupllc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 02:45:45 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 100% Finance For Fix N Flips/Buy N Holds.




Hi,
We are direct investor and private money lender lending other people cash. We lend money to borrower’s nationwide (USA) and a few other countries overseas. I offer all types of legitimate funding such as fix & flip, buy & hold, equity loans, real estate loans, business loans, personal loans, debt consolidation loans etc. at an affordable interest rate of 5% without stress. Minimum Funding: $100,00 Maximum Funding: $400,000,000, We are very flexible we would be happy to receive an Executive summary to see if you have any viable project we can finance and partner together by making financial investment in Form of soft loans,I will be looking forward to hearing from you to discuss your loan scenarios.
Yours, Truly,
Encio, Raul O

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