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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: "GLOBAL FINANCE INVESTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gill.financialoan@w.cn>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:35:49 +0200
Subject: INTERESTING LOAN OFFER:::

Global Finance & Loans Investment
Head Office :3407 N. Linden rd, Flint,
Michigan 48504.
LOAN OFFER!
Are you a business man or woman? Are you in any financial mess or do you need funds to start up your own business?
Do you need a student loan? Do you need loan to settle your debt or pay off your bills or start a nice business?
Do you have a low credit score and you are finding it hard to obtain capital loan from local banks/other financial institutes?
WE OFFER LOANS WITH 2% PERCENT INTEREST RATE.
Our company is Continental Finance Investment and we do not require many documents.
We offer a loan within the range of a minimum amount of $5,000.00 US Dollars to Maximum of $10.Million. We deliver loan to our applicant within 24 hours of receiving your application form.
Indicate your interest via e-mail for your loan process.
Thanks.
LOAN OFFICER
Mc Gill Gray

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