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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • projectfin_ance@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Project Finance <project_fin_ance@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: projectfinance@msn.com
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 01:26:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Financial Loan Offer


Dear Sir/Madam,
=A0
We are certified loan lender and offer secured loans to individuals and com=
panies at low interest. We offer long and short term loans. Our firm has re=
corded a lot of breakthroughs in the provision of first class financial ser=
vices to our clients especially in the area of Loan syndication and capital=
provision for individuals and companies.
=A0
In our loan scheme tagged 'loan under two weeks',every customer both local =
and international have the guarantee of obtaining a loan from this company =
on the mode of unsecured offshore international funding which means no coll=
ateral is required for this process.
=A0
Our service has been repositioned and standardized to meet customers demand=
s in an economical way. Our interest charge is indeed reasonable,we offer h=
assle free loan service where by customers are allowed to make repayment ov=
er a long time span.
=A0
Lastly, we fund small scale loan firm, intermediaries,small scale financial=
institutions for we have unlimited capital.
=A0
For further details to go about procuring a loan from: Kindly respond immed=
iately to this email: projectfinance@msn.com
=A0
after we shall speak
=A0
Looking forward to your reply.

M: 0044 704 572 9122=20
P: 0044 704 573 2621=20
F: 0044 709 287 5757.=A0

Best Regards=20
Michael Lawrence
Dir. Of Project Finance Service Plc.
Senior Partner
E-mail: Projectfinance@msn.com=A0or Projectfin_ance@yahoo.com
http://www.projectfinance.com=0A=0A=0A

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