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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: "Ilyas Guntzel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ritzfinuk@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:23:38 -0200
Subject: Ihre Kredit Informationen

RITZ FINANCE
411 TOWER BRIDGE Businesscenter,
46-48 EAST Smithfield, London.
E1W 1AW, GroBbritannien.
********************************
TEL: +44 705 382 0753
Fax: +44 843 558 3380
E-MAIL: ritzfinuk@gmail.com
********************************


Guten Tag,

Diese Nachricht ist von der Anzeige-Einheit von Ritz Finance. Wir mochten Sie daruber informieren,
dass dieses Unternehmen bietet derzeit Darlehen Dienstleistungen an interessierte Kreditnehmer in
Ihrem Land. Wir machen verschiedene Arten von Darlehen Dienstleistungen wie unten angegeben:

* Personliche Darlehen
* Unternehmen-Darlehen
* Auto-Darlehen
* Hypothekendarlehen
* Refinanzierungsdarlehen

Wir leihen bei 3% Zins und unsere Dienstleistungen zu 100% garantiert. Fuhlen Sie sich frei zu
beantragen und vorzulegen unten die Informationen:

* Vollstandige Namen
* Adresse
* Telefon-Nummer
* Betrag erforderlich
* Zweck des Darlehens

Wir konnen Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von 7 Tagen zu finanzieren und haben Darlehen in Ihr Bankkonto.
Antworten Sie uns an: ritzfinuk@gmail.com

Danke.
Ilyas Guntzel.

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