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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: Dirch Hektor <dirchhektor@investment.com>
Date:
Subject:

Welcome to Calin Finance Group, look no further.

We are a Canadian/United Kingdom-based Capital Finance Company privately funding projects and financing loans globally. We offer corporate and personal loans to realistic projects via soft loans at 3.5% ROI per annum.

We also pay a 2% commission of the loan principal sum to brokers who introduce project owners, business developers, and general business facilitators who seek for a loan to achieve their project goal or expand their businesses.

Therefore, should you be interested to engage us for a more detailed discussion on the aforementioned proposal, we would be happy to do so in whatever medium you find much more appropriate for this engagement.

Contact us today via email  and let us see how best we can help you with securing funding for your projects/business.

Regards,

Dirch Hektor
Calin Finance Group
www.calinfinance.com

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