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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: "Bensherman Agencia Financiera" <bensherman_financial_agency@mchsi.com>
Reply-To: bensherman_financial_agency@live.co.uk
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:37:17 +0000
Subject: oferta de =?utf-8?Q?pr=C3=A9stamo?= se aplican ahora en el 1%



--
Hola,
¿Necesita un préstamo?
¿Necesita personal?
¿Necesita un préstamo de negocios?
¿Usted necesita un préstamo para pagar las
facturas?
¿Necesita un préstamo hipotecario, préstamo
comercial? Ponerse en contacto con un prestamista
legítimo de préstamo que se puede confiar y le
ofrecemos el préstamo que usted necesita sin
ninguna estafa a través de esta dirección de E-
mail: bensherman_financial_agency@live.co.uk

Le aseguro que usted recibirá su préstamo una vez
se ponga en contacto con ellos.

Que tengas un buen día.

Ana java
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