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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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 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.
- effexfinancialfirm@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr Johnson Smith" <effex@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: effexfinancialfirm@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 05:42:36 +0200 (CEST)
Subject:
Dear Customer
You are a businessman or woman? Are you in any financial stress or
you need money to start their own business? Do you have a low
credit score and it is hard to get a loan from banks
premises and other financial institutions?
a) Personal Loan, Business Expansion.
b) Business Start-up and education.
c)Debt consolidation .
d) Hard Money Loans.
However, our method offers the possibility to indicate the amount
loan needed and also the duration you can afford to
complete repayment of the loan with an interest rate of 2%.
This gives you a real chance to obtain the necessary funds. The
Interested candidates should complete the details below:
Your personal information
Your name :__________
Sex: ______________
Your country :_______________
Your address :_________________
Your profession :_________________
Your marital status :_________________
Current status of the workplace :____________
Mobile number :________________
Monthly Income :______________
Amount Needed :______________
Loan Duration :_____________________
Zip :____________________
Purpose of loan :____________________
E-mail :_____________________
Waiting for reply by the Email-
contact; effexfinancialfirm@hotmail.com
Best regards,
Mr Johnson Smith
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