Loan Scam – owenpaulw@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
From: Paul W Owen <owenpaulw@gmail.com> Subject: Business And Investment loan To: undisclosed-recipients:; Bcc: [REDACTED]
Email body
Dear Sir/Madam.
We invite all interested project owners and investors to our project financing programme
I am the investment officer and we are ready to fund projects in the form of debt finance.We grant loans to both Corporate and private entities at a low interest rate of 2.5% ROI per annum.
The terms are very flexible and interesting.
Kindly revert back if you have projects that need funding for further discussion and negotiation.
Regards,
Paul W Owen
Why is this a loan scam?
- 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.