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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: <unityinvestmentsolu@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:07:53 +0100
Subject: Good Day

Good Day,
We are group of company out here and we are willing to lend out loans with the interest rate of 0.3% monthly and within the amount of $1,000 to $10,000,000 as the loan offer,100% Project Funding with secured and unsecured loans available. We are guaranteed in giving out financial services to our numerous clients all over world. With our flexible lending packages loans can be processed and funds transferred to the borrower within the shortest time possible. We operate under clear and understandable terms and we give loans of all kinds to interested clients, firms, companies, and all kinds of business organizations, private individuals and real estate investors. If you need assistance from us contact us via email on:

Email- unityinvestmentsolu@live.co.uk

Yours in Service,
Jefferey Daniels


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