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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: "LOAN OFFER" <jetema@ucla.edu>
Reply-To: jamesandrew_loanfirm@live.com
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:04:57 -0700
Subject:

Dear Sir/Madam,
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X-sent_from_IP: 78.138.19.210
Message-ID: <WEBMYUCLA20dfed8b67a11d47b38dc592675eb20380@webmyucla20>

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World help Finance Investments,=0D=0ASuitB=23 78 Downtown Avenue ,=0D=0AA=
buja Nigeria Africa Cell Number=0D=0A+234 80-2074-0177=0D=0AEmail: jamesa=
ndrew_loanfirm=40live=2Ecom=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0ADear Sir/Madam,=0D=0A=0D=0AI=
am Mr=2EJAMES ANDREW, a certified loan lender that offers loan to indiv=
iduals,co-operate bodies who need loan for small scale businesses,=0D=0Ap=
ersonal investments for just 3=25 interest rate=2EI give out local and in=
ternational loans to any body all over the world=2EI give out loans via a=
ccount=0D=0Atransfer or courier to your doorstep to what ever country yo=
u are=2EI am not a bank and i do not require much documents=2EIf you are =
interested in getting a loan from my company,contact me with the followin=
g details=2EIf interested Kindly Contact me via=2E Email: jamesandrew_l=
oanfirm=40live=2Ecom=0D=0AIF INTERESTED,YOU ARE TO FILL THE DATAINFORMATI=
ON AND RETURN) APPLICATION:=0D=0A=0D=0A1=2EFULL NAME=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=
=0A2=2EADDRESS:=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A3=2EPURPOSE OF LOAN=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=
=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A4=2EGENDER=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A5=2EOCCUP=
ATION=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A6=2ECOUNTRY=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=
=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A7=2ESTATE=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=
=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A8=2ECELL PHONE NUMBER=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=
=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A9=2EAMOUNT NEEDED AS LOAN=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=
=0D=0A10=2EDURATION=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A=0D=
=0AThanks For Your Co-operation=0D=0AMr=2EJAMES ANDREW=2E=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A

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