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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: "DOUGLAS SCHUKKEL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dschukkel@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 13:30:45 -0200
Subject: LET THE WORLD KNOW

Attn. Sir/Madam.

I am afraid many things is going on now in the internet(good/bad) and
I think this is the only way I can make it known to those that needs it...
not considering the fact that I sourced your profile through the website
data base of your country.

Our underwriter company is seeking the attention of genuine and
reliable persons AND companies who are indeed in need of funds as
investment capital or business expansion .

We offer flexible funding for various projects at a very
affordable low interest rate of 1.5% annually for a period of 1-12 years
on Non collateral funding..

We offer funding from a minimum of Euro € / USD$ 100,000 to
Euro € / USD$ 1 .2 Billion Maximum, depending on the nature of
business/project.

THE INVESTORS ARE BASED IN EUROPE AND AMERICA ,investing world wide.

We are currently funding for:-

* Starting up a Franchise
* Business Acquisition
* Business Expansion
* Commercial Real Estate purchase
* Contract Execution, Marine/shipping , ETC.

Kindly get in touch for further details and procedure (s)


Sincerely,
DOUGLAS SCHUKKEL

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