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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: Mrs Ann Ibe Mario <mrsannibe50@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: mrsannibe50@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 01:07:07 +0100
Subject: PROJECT FINANCING/LOAN

Attention Sir/Madam

Good Day

We are a private financial and investment firm and we are currently
expanding our investment portfolio outside America,Europe,Asia. We are
open to discuss business and project financing with any entrepreneur
interested in loan and financing for projects and businesses.
Currently we are sourcing for investment opportunities for our review
and consideration and we would be delighted to discuss further.

We invest with a 2% annual interest in Start-Ups (all industries and
sectors), Business Expansion, Oil and Gas, IT and Communication, Real
Estate, Tourism & Hotels , Health , Renewable Energies, Power, Rail,
Renewable, Green Energy, Gold, Mining, Construction, Projects &
Contracts Execution e.t.c

Kindly reply if you are interested and have viable business proposal
to present for consideration. Send your response or inquiry to our
Head - International Financing so he can provide you with more
information about our company, our procedures and every relevant
information.

Please if you are not interested kindly delete the message.

We look forward to your feedback.

Best Regards,

Mrs Anastasia Ibe Mario
Head-International Portfolio Operations

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