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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: "Efex Worlwide Financial Services" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <james.rempel@efex-services.eu>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:03:02 +0100
Subject: Efex Loan Opportunity, Avail Now!

From, Efex Worldwide Financial Services

This is an advert to showcase our on-going On-line Loan offering opportunity,
which is aimed at meeting your needs at every required area.

With an interest rate of 4%, we give out secured and unsecured Loans and
for the following needs;

Mortgage, Refinancing, Debt Consolidation, PayDay, Commercials, Medicals, Education,
Auto-Mobile e.t.c. Also, we do not require any collateral to get a Loan ranging
from (1,000 to 500,000) in your local currency.

We are able to process and approve your loan within 24 hours of application,
prior to your compliance with our terms and condition.

This opportunity is open to every needy persons both in the Europe and every
other part of the world.

To avail yourself of this on-going opportunity,
please contact the below name and email address:

Mr. James Rempel.

Efex Worldwide Financial Services
Email: james.rempel@efex-services.eu

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