419 scam: "bonahis Finance Company" <info@loan.com> APPLY FOR YOUR URGENT LOAN

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "loan amount" (Beware of fake loan offers. Real lenders would not normally use free webmail addresses such as Yahoo, nor would they lend to individuals or small businesses in a different country from where they are based. Beware of mobile phones or redirector numbers!)
- "bonahisloanoffer@sify.com" (This email address looks like addresses used in fake loan scams. Be suspicious of any lender who uses a free webmail address or who is based in different country from yourself.)
- "bonahisloanoffer@sify.com" (This email address looks like addresses used in fake loan scams. Be suspicious of any lender who uses a free webmail address or who is based in different country from yourself.)
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.
- bonahisloanoffer@sify.com (Sify; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "bonahis Finance Company" <info@loan.com>
Reply-To: bonahisloanoffer@sify.com
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 05:28:06 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: APPLY FOR YOUR URGENT LOAN

Mr. Steven Case
Bigjoe Finance Company
E-mail:bonahisloanoffer@sify.com

I am a financier I am willing to lend out loans with the interest rate of
3.5% and with in the amount of 4,000.00 to 2 million as the offer, I offer
loan to all categories of people, firms, companies, all kinds of business
organizations, private individuals and real estate investors, I give out
loans at very cheap and moderate rates. I am a certified, registered and
legit lender. You can contact me today if you are interested in getting
this loan, contact me for more information about the loan process, process
like the loan terms and conditions and how the loan will be transferred to
you. I need your urgent response if you are interested. You are to fill
out the information.

{BORROWER'S DATA INFORMATION}
(1)Loan Amount Needed:
(2)Loan Amount Needed In Words:
(3)Full Names:
(4)Country:
(5)Valid Cell Phone Number Or Tel Phone:
(6)Purpose Of Loan:
(7)Address:
(8)Occupation:
(9)Gender: Male Or Female:
(10)Loan Duration:
(11)Age:

E-mail:bonahisloanoffer@sify.com

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Aviso de confidencialidade

Esta mensagem da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa),
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7 de dezembro de 1972, é enviada exclusivamente a seu destinatário e pode
conter informações confidenciais, protegidas por sigilo profissional. Sua
utilização desautorizada é ilegal e sujeita o infrator as penas da lei. Se
você a recebeu indevidamente, queira, por gentileza, reenviá-la ao emitente,
esclarecendo o equivoco.

Confidentiality note

This message from Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), a
government company established under Brazilian law (5.851/72), is directed
exclusively to its addressee and may contain confidential data, protected
under professional secrecy rules. Its unauthorized use is illegal and may
subject the transgressor to the law's penalties. If you are not the addressee,
please send it back, elucidating the failure.

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