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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: <1234561111@Happy072.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <financialsolutions2006@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:33:57 +0530
Subject:

Good Day Sir/Madam
We the Finance group invites you to join us and benefit in our new Loan
and Project funding program from [US$50,000.00] and above. We offer flexible and legitimate Loans such as Business Loans,Personal Loans,Investor Loans etc without collateral at the lowest interest rate of 2% with maximum Guarantee and assurance.for more inquiry,
kindly contact us:
Email: financialsolutions2006@gmail.com

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