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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.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447035974297 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
Fraud email example:
From: SPRING FINANCE INVESTMENT <humps@live.net>
Reply-To: springfinance.investment@hawamail.com
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 05:03:26 -0300
Subject:
Good Day,
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 and start up 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,
* Personal Loan
* Business Loan
* Home Equity Loan
* Debt Consolidations
......
contact office via email on springfinance.invest@hawamail.com
My company have been in the loan business since 1988 and got it license to
operate asloan lender in 1992.
Note:Loan is giving out for just 2% interest rate.
Any client who is intested should provide the following informations,this will
enable our
company to open a loan processing file.
1. FULL NAME:............
2. ADDRESS:........
3. OCCUPATION:.....................
4. COUNTRY:........................
5. STATE:..........................
6. City:...........................
7. SEX:............................
8. Age.............................
9. CELL PHONE NUMBER:..............
10.AMOUNT NEEDED AS LOAN:.........
11 Monthly Income..................
12. DURATION:..............
Thanks For Your Co-operation
MR. REYMOND JAMES
EMAIL ADDRESS: springfinance.invest@hawamail.com
TEL: +447035974297
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