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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: "JOAN LOAN FIRM"<collinsharry@myway.com>
Reply-To: mrsjoan.loan@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:59:15 -0500 (EST)
Subject: APPLY FOR A CHEAP LOAN


COOPERATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LOAN CORPORATION DIRECTOR/ Mrs Joan BrankLICENSE No:75453 DATE:6th of Febuary,2007 Top of the day to you all, My name Mrs Joan Brank. We give out loans to all categories people ie firms, companies, schools, industries etc. We give out our loans at very cheap and moderate rates. We are certified, registered and legit lender. what we do is that we tender our certificate to any of my client before any transaction takes place. We do this due to the inevictable fact that there are may fake peope out there claiming to be geniue lenders and yet they are not and hence these people help to make real transaction difficult for us to the extent that you can not even tell the real lender from the fake. Our firm is know as Cooperate financial management is a reputable and well known firm. And you are to tell us how much you need as loan so we can proceed. We give out loans at a very cheap rate of about 5% rate. You can contact us today for that loan you nee!
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with this email address mrsjoan.loan@yahoo.comYours In Service Mrs Joan Brank.

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