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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: "Cindy Hopper" <contactabnloans@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoabnloans@aol.nl
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:16:36 +0200
Subject: We Grant Affordable Loans


ABN-A FINANCE LOANS INC.®
Daawijk 100A 1102AA Denhaag The Netherlands.


OUR REF: DUTCHLOANS23I/874BZ/N57I4Y
Monday-Sunday: 7:30am-6:30pm {Processing time}
Sunday: 12noon-6:30 {Processing time}



ATTENTION:

We are loan lender, Are you tired of Seeking for Loans and Mortgage, Have you been constantly turned down by banks and Other Financial Institutions; We give out loans to firms, companies, industries, individuals, farmers at 0.3% interest rate. Any interested person, irrespective of your country should Contact us now Via Email: infoabnloans@aol.nl with the following details:

Full Names:
Contact Address:
Amount Required:
Duration Of Loan:
Occupation:
sex:
Tel:
country:

Kindly forward the above details to our loan officer's details a below;

Mr. Barry Deman
Tel/Fax: 0031-617-735-828/0031-847-564-430
Email: infoabnloans@aol.nl

Sincerely,

Cindy Hopper
ABN-A FINANCE LOANS INC.
Daawijk 100A, 11022AA
DenHaag The Netherlands,

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