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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: "LOAN MONEY MARKET INVESTMENT" <info@loan.com>
Reply-To: j.adenuga@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 16:03:10 +0200
Subject: N/A

LOAN MONEY MARKET INVESTMENT,

I am James Adenuga
I give out loan to Business Men and women who

are into Business transaction, I give out long

term loan for three to five years maximum with

interest.In
this you can as well tell me the amount you need

so that I send to you the terms and condition,

that is if you are really interested in getting

a loan from me, Loan is given out in Pounds and

$US Dollars the maximum I give out is 5,000,000

both in pounds and $US and the minimum 5,000

pounds and $US Dollars so if really you are

interested email me for more infomation on how

the loan can be transferred to you.

There is one Question I have to ask, are you a

serious individual that we take a loan and pay

back after duration with the interest, if you

are honest I will
trust you because I like to do business with

Honest people if you are one you will get the

loan with out problem and for your information

if you should more
loan like $50,000,000m I can give only if you

are one of these categories:
Contact via, email: j.adenuga@yahoo.com

Manager of a company
A private Holder
A broker in banks
A director in any office or company
A high investor of a company
If you are one of the following you can get

$50,000,000 US Dollars as loan or if personal

loan you can request for 5,000-5,000,000 as

loan. Hope to here from you soon.

Name In full________________________
Occupation________________________
Counry___________________________
State____________________________
City_____________________________
Amount Need______________________
Zip code:_________________________
Phone Number____________________
Sex_____________________________
Switable Duration____________________________

Send these info it is important. Mind you loans

is given to every part of the world only if I

see you to be honest and will pay back after

duration. If you
are interested you have to send the amount you

need as loan so that I can give you the terms

and condition on the loan for your information

loan are given to
every part of the world on honest people so if

you are honest apply for the loan now.

email. j.adenuga@yahoo.com
Thanks and Have a nice day

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