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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: "Financial Loan Firm" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contloaneliza@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 09:03:57 -0700
Subject: LOAN,

We (Elizabeth Hoffman Financial Loan Firm) are offering loan within the range of $10,000 to $200,000,000.00 USD. Our loans are well insured and maximum security is our priority. A Very Minimum annual Interest Rates as Low as 2% within 1year to 50years. Interested Persons or firm should contact us with the below information.

Kindly fill in the below:

First name:.............................
Other Name (s): ........................
Gender: ................................
Date of Birth: .........................
Marital Status: ........................
Contact Address: .......................
City Zip : .............................
Postcode: ..............................
Country: ...............................
State:..................................
City:...................................
House Phone: ...........................
Mobile: ................................
E-mail: ................................
Occupation: ............................
Religion: ..............................
Loan Amount: ...........................
Loan duration: .........................
State Purpose of Loan: .................
Monthly Income:.........................

As soon as we receive this information from you we would proceed immediately with the processing of your Loan Request!.

Respectfully,

Elizabeth Hoffman
Financial Loan Firm

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