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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: "ALL STATE CASH INTERNATIONAL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <allstatecashloan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:26:59 -0800
Subject: GET YOUR AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE LOAN TODAY !!!

Dear Sir/Madam

Are you a business man or woman ? Are you in any financial mess or do
you need funds to start up your own business? Do you need loan to
settle your debt or pay off your bills or start a nice business?
Do you have a low credit score and you are finding it hard to obtain
capital loan from local banks/other financial institutes? Do you need
a loan or funding for any reason such as :

a) Personal Loan,Business Expansion ,
b) Business Start-up ,Education,
c) Debt Consolidation ,
d) Hard Money Loans

The good news is here !!!
We Offer short and long term LOANS ranging from $5,000.00 Min. to $30,000,000.00 Max. at 2%
low interest rate per annum and with no credit check ,we
offer Personal loans, debt consolidation loans, venture capital,
business loans, education loans, home loans or "loans for any
reason to both private indidividual and bussiness organisations !".

If you are interested contact us today for a 48hrs service

BORROWERS INFORMATION
Your Names:...............................................................................................................
Your Country:..............................................................................................................
Your Address:..............................................................................................................
Date of birth:...............................................................................................................
Your Age:..............................................................................................................
Your Fax Number:........................................................................................................
mobile Number:............................................................................................................
Office Number:..............................................................................................................
Your Occupation:..........................................................................................................
Sex:..............................................................................................................
Monthly Income:............................................................................................................
Type of loan needed:...................................................................................
Amount Needed:...............................................................................................
Loan duration:...................................................................................................
Brief description of individual:

Please attach to the completed form copies of the following documents
recent passport photograph
scanned copy of drivers license/international passport

Thanks for your co-operation

Alfred

for the management

CONTACT EMAIL: allstatecashloan@gmail.com

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