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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: "OCEANICFINANCEBOARD" <oceanicfinanceboard@info.com>
Reply-To: oceanicfinanceboard05@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 01:49:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Loan Funding


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Have you being searching for loan or mortgage and constantly turned down
by financial institutions,Oceanic Finance Board Company is a lending company
that gives out loans at an interest rate of 3% to people/business
organizations,firms, companies, schools, churches, industries etc. who are
in need of money in a payback duration of 1 to 10 years.We Offer $2000 min
to $50million usd max,you have to be 18yrs and older to apply.We are
trusted,reliable and dynamic.contact us now:

oceanicfinanceboard05@gmail.com

Best Regards,
Oceanic Finance Board © Copyright 2004-2010. All rights reserved




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