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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- onlinefinancial@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: TARA WARD <info@sify.com>
Reply-To: onlinefinancial@sify.com
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:13:11 -0600
Subject:
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 difficult to obtain capital loan from local bank or
company?.The
management of Sify Financial services of Malaysia now give out loan
Internationally at low rate of 3% per annum.interested applicants are
to contact
the management via email for application details.Our loans are easy,
cheap, and
quick. Contact us today for that loan that you desire, we can arrange any loan
to suit your needs.For more info contact us via email
onlinefinancial@sify.com
Required Data For Processing
Full Name:
Address:
Country:
Sex:
Age:
Contact Phone Number
Amount Needed:
Duration:
Thanks as we hope a nice transaction with you..
Mrs Tara Ward
Loan Dept.Agent-
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