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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: "UNITY INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unityloans@tsamail.co.za>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:45:48 +0100
Subject: LOAN OFFER AT A LOW INTEREST RATE APPLY NOW

Good Day,

Unity Loan Investment Company is offering outs loans to the public with a
very low rate of 0.5%. We offer out personal and business loans. Are you
in debt and you need an urgent loan? Do you need a real estate loan? Do
you need secured or unsecured loan? Need financing but don't know how to
go about securing a loan? Contact us for help. Financing shouldn't be a
mystery. We would love to fund projects at hand and offer personal loans
as well to you, your firm/partners and clients. A loan process can be
completed within a space of one week provided terms of loan contract is
agreed upon. Look no further, contact UNITY INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS COMPANY
today on.

Email: unityloans@tsamail.co.za

Name:
Amount Needed:
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Mobile/personal Phone Number:
Home phone Number:
Purpose:

We only give out loans from $5,000 - 1,000,000,000 with a maximum time
duration of 30years.

Yours in Service,
DR PARKER ANDERSON
+44 701 113 7634
+44 704 573 2242
FAX: 44 870 490 1653
LIVERPOOL STREET,
LONDON, EC2M 7PY
UNITED KINGDOM

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