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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: "Campbell Hobart" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <campbell.h045@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 17:37:44 -0700
Subject: We are willing to provide loans

Hello,
Greetings of the day!!
Hope you are doing well.

Reaching out to inform you we are currently interested in financing viable businesses, investments or projects and willing to provide loans as debt to finance any projects and all viable and lucrative sectors with a repayment schedule of up to 15 years
with a grace period of 2 years.
We can also finance projects of any magnitude.

We offer:
Loans as debt to finance any projects and viable businesses
Franchise start-up
Business acquisition
Business expansion
Capital/infrastructure projects
Commercial real estate purchase
Contract execution
Trade finance
We will strongly consider any other proposal provided that ROI is attractive.

Do you want to be an agent/broker? - Agents/Consultants/Brokers are welcome to bring their clients and are 100% protected.

If interested, contact back on my email: campbel.h045@outlook.com

Yours sincerely;
-----
Campbell Hobart
Consultant /Advisor

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