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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: "FIRST INLAND LOAN/INVESTMENT COMPANY" <info@loan.com>
Reply-To: investmentagent080@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 19:28:30 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Message.




My name is Terry Hudson,I am the C.E.O of FIRST INLAND LOAN/INVESTMENT
COMPANY,
Presently we offer loan at low rate and 2%.
Are you in debt? Do you need a loan to start up a business? Do you need

money
to pay off your bill?
If you are Interested in taking a loan, Kindly fill and return the

following.

Loan Verification Form
Name(Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc.):
First name:
Middle name:
Last name:
Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):
Gender:
Marital status:
Total Amount Needed:
Time Duration:
Address:
City:
State/province:
Zip/postal code:
Country:
Home Phone:
Office Phone:
Mobile/cellular:
Fax:
Monthly Income
Occupation:
E-mail:

Once we get the following details stated below, we shall get back to
you with our terms and condition.
Note: We offer the following loans: {Equity loan, Auto loan, Personal
loan, Credit card loan, Emergency payday loan, Commercial mortage loan,
Business loan, etc}.
...........
contact:directaccessdept.070@w.cn

Have a nice and great day,
Regards and God Bless.

Yours sincerely,
Mr Terry Hudson.
Head Of Department C.E O.



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