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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: MICHAEL SPANISH FINANCE NET-WORKING INC <info@spanish.es>
Reply-To: info.net2nig@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:30:48 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION : DO YOU NEED A LOAN ??? -------- APPLY NOW




ATTN: MD/C.E.O's,

Today with Bad/Poor Credit History, Bankruptcy, Late Bills, High
Interest Loans
and other many forms of Financial setbacks most of us feel its
impossible to
obtain Finance/Loans and that all offers that seems to good to be
true are
because they are but let me prove you wrong.My name is Dr. Michael
Spanish of
Michael Spanish Finance Net-Working International and I have no
intention of
wasting your time we offer Loan to a serious individuals or an
Organization with
low interest rate of 3%. I want to know what you would like to obtain
finance
for? I can provide you with any purpose loan based on a collateral
free package
to make Loan Disbursement easy, we have Funds to Release to the
following
Countries to handle different regions:

Asia- Thailand, UAE,China,Hong
Kong,Japan,Qatar,Iran,Singapore,Russian,Malaysia,Saudi Arabia
Europe - Iceland, Holland,
Spain,Finland,Norway,Germany,Italy,France,Demark,Austria,Portugal
America- California,Texas,New York,Mexico,Los Angeles,Virginal,Canada
and Other
Countrie's.

Whatever the reason you need to borrow - Business Setup, Business
Expansion,
Debt consolidation, Home improvements or a family holiday, You name
it! I can
help regardless of your financial circumstances.It will amaze you to
discover
how fast and professional some services can be online loan service,
loan Amount
ranges from $50,000 Minimum up to a maximum of $500 Million with
World Class
standard facilities to make sure the funds gets to you at ease Send a
reply now
to ( net2biz@livemail.tw ) showing your interest and along side
furnishing the
details below to facilitate your loan Request/Approval:

If interested, fill out the application information below:

BORROWER'S DATA INFORMATION

*(1)Loan Amount Needed:
*(2)Loan Amount Needed In Words:
*(3)Full Names:
*(4)Country:
*(5)Valid Cell Phone Number's Or Tel Phones:
*(6)Purpose Of Loan:
*(7)Address:
*(8)Occupation:
*(9)Gender: Male Or Female:
*(10)Nationality:
*(11)Loan Duration:
*(12)State:
*(13)City:
*(14)Age:

Following your response, I'll get back to you immediately with
further
information on how to go about processing and approving your=A0 loan
amount . A
very nice day is my wish to you.

=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Thanks for your patronage
I look forward to hear from you soonest.
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Your's Sincerely,
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Dr. Michael Spanish
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Tel: +234 805-721-3658
=A0 =A0Executive Zonal Coordinator
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Email: net2biz@livemail.tw
=A0 =A0 Michael Spanish Finance Net-working



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