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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "newferloanservice@gmail.com" (This email address looks like addresses used in fake loan scams. Be suspicious of any lender who uses a free webmail address or who is based in different country from yourself.)
- 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.
- newferloanservice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "NEWFER LOAN COMPANY" <newferloancompany@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: newferloanservice@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:24:16 +0300 (EEST)
Subject:
ATTN:
To Whom It May Concern!On behalf of The entire Management of Newfer Loan
Company, i want to inform the general public that we now give out loan at
a very low interest
rate. The rate is as low as(2%)interest rate annually.Are you a business
man or woman ? Are you in any financial mess or do you need funds to start
up your own business? Do you need loan to settle your debt or pay off your
bills or start a nice business? Do you have a low credit score and you are
finding it hard to obtain capital loan from local banks other financial
institutes?
All you need do is to contact the management via my email and you will be
required to fill
the following loan application form below:
First name:......................... ..............
Middle name:......................... ..............
Last name:......................... .............
Country/address:.............. ............................
Postal code:......................... .................
Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):................. ....
Phone number:....................... .............................
Gender:....................... ............................
Marital status:....................... .................
Occupation:................... .........................
Monthly income: .............................. ..................
Credit Score:........................ ...................
Have you applied before? .............................. ...
Loan Type:......................... ..
Amount Required.............................. ...........
Loan Duration:..................... ..............................
.................
State collateral (if any):........................
.............................. ....
As soon as we receive the information,we would send you its terms and
conditions as well as
repayment schedule
(No social security and no credit check, 100% Guaranteed!)
Please note that all replies should be forwarded to the loan management
via email at
newferloanservice@gmail.com
Regards,
Mr. Gerald Smith, Chief Executive Officer.
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