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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: Mrs.Jones <JCones01@GDip.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <skylinefinance101@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 10:15:01 +0200
Subject: We Offer Loan

Dear Client,

Skyline Financial Loan offers Personal and Business Loans at 3%interest rate with no credit check if you are blacklisted or not from the amount of $10,000-$50 Million Dollar.

Contact Kelly Howard
Tel:+27733561264
Fax:+27864253693
Email:skylinefinance101@gmail.com

We will be glad to assist you out from your finance problem, don’t waste your time gives us a call or send us an email and someone will surely get back to you immediately.

Regards,

Mrs. Colleen Jones
Director: SKYLINE FINANCE AND LOAN

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