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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: Dave Morris <jafar2020pvt@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mopvt2020@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 23:56:21 +0100
Subject: Re-Investment Portfolio


Dear Sir, Re-Investment Portfolio

We would like to introduce you to a financial service Investor for small,
medium and large sized businesses. We would be grateful for the opportunity
to discuss the range of our services which we believe would be of interest
and benefit to your business.

Our Investors are trusted financial partners with a reputation for
providing access to capital for a range of activities including business
expansions, corporate restructuring and reorganization, conventional debt
financing and refinancing. With decades in the industry we are able to
offer competitive interest rates with repayments spread over a 10-30 year
period depending on your business needs. We also have an experienced team
of multidisciplinary consultants on hand to provide you with bespoke advice
and support before and after financing is secured.

We are excited to discuss details of our non-recourse loan products which
may be used for anticipated project developments, R&D or to fund ongoing
operations. We also have a number of new financial products we’ve developed
to target funding for projects in Real Estate, Hospitality and Public
Infrastructure such as Airports and Hospitals. Whatever your business needs
we are the right partners able to offer a financial solution beneficial to
your business in the short and long term.

To arrange a formal introduction to Our Provider and our business services
please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

We look forward to partnering with you.

Regards,

Dave Morris

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