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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- atlashillfinance@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- email:atlashillfinance@gmail.com or steve_atlasfinance@yahoo.com *should you require any (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: atlashillfinance <atlashillfinance@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:48:50 +0200
Subject:
Do you need personal loan or business loan? Contact us today for any kind
of loan, We offer the best service, with a very low interest rate of 4.9,
>From the period of 1 to 25 years.
LOAN APPLICATION FORM
First name......
Middle name.....
Last name.....
Amount Needed....
Occupation.....
loan Duration.....
monthly income.....
Purpose Of Loan......
Residential Address(Not P.O Box)..
country of Resident.....
Age.....
Sex........
Marital Status......
Nationality.......
Home phone....
Cell phone.....
Email.....
A copy of your Id/Passport......
Are you correctly paying any loan?....
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Best Regards,
Mr. Steve Morgan
C.E.O
LinkedIn: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/steve-morgan/6b/95b/b82
Email:atlashillfinance@gmail.com or steve_atlasfinance@yahoo.com
*SHOULD YOU REQUIRE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT US *
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