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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: "Emirates Funding Company" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mdc0001112@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 22:57:11 -0700
Subject: LOAN FUNDING WITH NO UPFRONT PAYMENT.

Greetings To You From our Loan Funding Group here in Dubai,
 
Please I'm SAMIR from Emirates Loan Funding Company here in Dubai, a global investment loan funding group cooperating with a lot of Funders in the UAE for funding projects, we are based here in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it is my pleasure to reach you with our loan funding policy of no upfront payment which prohibits clients/borrowers from sending money from their countries or use of physical collateral, we are interested in investment loan funding around the globe. Below are brief on the investment loan portfolio:
 
• Minimum and Maximum Funding: USD1 Million to USD10 Billion
• Placement Opens to: Entrepreneurs, Corporations and Investors around the globe
• Funding Type: Soft Loan Investment Funding with no physical collateral if you are outside UAE and no upfront payment required from foreign countries.
• Funding Rate: 3% Interest Rate Per Annum
• Term: 2-25 years – Repayment/Renewable Tenure
 
We don’t have any major area of loan funding but we give priority attention to Real Estate Development, other areas of interests include: Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Health, Aviation, Tourism, Retail, Construction, IT & Communications, Technology,
Education, Energy, Engineering, Utilities, Telecom's, Mining, Maritime and most of other profitable ventures.Therefore, based on the above information, we would be glad to receive your Project Plan/Executive Summary in a compatible format (PDF or WORD -recommended) in this E-mail: samir@alumni.com for proper review by our funding company's team of Funders, please send it as soon as possible.
 
Regards,
Samir
Email:samir@alumni.com

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