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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: "Finance Home"<ag.itu@transpen.com.br>
Reply-To: reliancefastloan@kimo.com
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:39:57 +0530
Subject: Loan Opportunity

Are you a business man or woman? Are you in any financial stress or do you need funds to start up your own business? Do you need a loan or for any reason funding such as,

a) Personal Loan, Business Expansion.
b) Business Start-up and Education.
c) Debt Consolidation.?

We give out loan ranging from $5,000.00 To $5,000.000.00 Only for Duration of 1-20 years period/duration.

All replies should be forwarded to the Company's E-mails: reliancefastloan@kimo.com

Your Full Name*_____________
Your Email*________________
Male/Female?_________________
Your Full Telephone*_________
Age (D.O.B)*_________
Your Address*_______________
Your City*__________________
Your Country*_______________
Occupation_________________
Have You Applied Before? *____
Loan Amount Needed in $*______
Loan Duration *_____________
Monthly Income*_____________
Purpose of Loan *____________

Thanks.
Mrs Miguel Angel
Announcing Officer.

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