Loan Scam – paul.colezx@gmail.com

The below loan scam email was sent to an email address that exists only to catch scam emails. It has never been used to register on any site, only to communicate with scammers.

Email headers

Received: from [197.211.61.175]
From: Paul Cox <admin@srivasaga.com>
To: 
Subject: Paul Cox
Reply-to: paul.colezx@gmail.com

Email body

REPLY TO, paul.colezx@gmail.com

Dear Sir,

Good day, I wish to approach you with a request Regarding an
Investment and financing opportunity, we have a Profiling Amount In
an Excess of 100M USD.
which we seek to Invest, profitable business with Good ROI. Can you
be my partner on this?

At Venture Asset Finance we strongly believe in customer satisfaction,
transparency and honesty. The benefits of using our services include:
(1) Interest
Rates starting as low as 1.0% (2) Accounts available from $5M to $500
Million (3) No credit check or Financial Statements required (4) Funds
will be placed
under clients name and signature.

Contact us for more information.
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Regards
Paul Cox

IP Address Analysis

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Originating IP: 197.211.61.175
Originating ISP: Globacom-as
City: Lagos
Country of Origin: Nigeria
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Why is this a loan scam?

• It was sent from a totally different email address to the one that you are asked to reply to.
• The email address used is a free Gmail address.
• The email was mass-mailed to many recipients using BCC.
• The email gives no indication of who is offering the loan, where they are based or who they are regulated by.
• The ridiculous amounts of loan being offered.
• The email originated from Nigeria, which is a known Advance Fee Fraud hotspot.