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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:
- 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.
Fraud email example:
From: "AL RAJHI BANK OF MALAYSIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alrajhi.loan@admin.in.th>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:41:16 +0800
Subject: LOANS AT 2% RATE
Attn: To Whom It May Concern!
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 AL RAJHI BANK of Malaysia now give out loan Internationally at
low rate of 2% per annum.interested
applicants are to contact the management via email for application details.
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 Cheng Lee
Loan Advertising Agent-
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