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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: "Mr. Gran Louis" <info@prim.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mr.granlouis@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:25:53 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Are you a business man or woman ?

GRAN LOUIS LOAN COMPANY
Sidney Street, Cambridge, CB2 3HW
London,Uk

My name is Mr. Gran Louis, the CEO Gran Louis Financial and loan
lenders.On behalf of my firm i want to inform the general publicthat we
now give out loan at a very low interest rate. The rate is as low
as(3%)interest rate annually.

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 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? Do you need a
loan or funding for any reason such as :

*Refinance
*Home Improvement
*Investment Loan
*Auto Loans
*Debt Consolidation
*Line of Credit
*Second Mortgage
*Business Loans
*Personal Loans
*International Loans.All you need do is to contact me via my email and
you will be required to fill the following loan application form below;

1.FULL NAME
2.ADDRESS
3.COUNTRY
4.PHONE NUMBER
5.AGE
6.AMOUNT NEEDED,
7.DURATION OF LOAN
8.OCCUPATION

Name: Mr. Gran Louis
Tell: (+44) 705-382-7203
Email: mr.granlouis@yahoo.com.hk

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