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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: "E-LOANS & FINANCIAL SERVICES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eloan008@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:36:14 -0800
Subject: Loan Offer...

Attn,

I am DR WAYNE FOSTER a private lender.I give out loans of all kind ranging
with amounts from $5,000 - $5,000,000.Financial problems always have any
solutions and the solution cannot come straight to you without you making
any effort to help remedy the situation.

Do you need this assistance and do not know how to go about this? Do you
have bad credit but need financing and really need it badly,do not look
for help where there is none ,come to the masters today and be free from
all financial shackles. I offer secured and unsecured loans to individuals
and companies at low interest rate.I offer long and short term loans.

My firm has recorded a lot of breakthroughs in the provision of first
class financial services to our clients especially in the area of Loan
syndication and capital provision for individuals and companies.

We are a group of energetic and experienced loan professionals with
through knowledge of financial markets. We have many partners in real
estate, banking and technology fields that can assist obtain financing.

Almost all of our business are through referrals by satisfied and repeat
customers. And have brought ailing industries back to life and we back
good business ideas by providing funds for their upstart. We provide funds
to individuals and organizations to start business and operations.

PLEASE FILL AND RETURN THE INFORMATIONS REQUIRED:

APPLICATION FORM:
1)Full Name:
2)First name:
3)Last name:
4)Gender:
5)Amount Needed As The Loan:
6)Purpose of loan:
7)Duration:
8)Marital status:
9)Next Of Kin:
10)Occupation:
11)Cell Phone:
12)Address:
13)City:
14)State:
15)Country:


DR WAYNE FOSTER./C.E.O .
eloan008@aim.com
+44 701 112 8529
E-LOANS & FINANCIAL SERVICES

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