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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: "MRS. ROSE DANIEL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <trustloanplcs@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 23:39:55 -0000
Subject: $50,000 GUARANTEE LOAN

ATTENTION

THIS IS TO CONFIRM THE APPROVAL OF 50,000$ GUARANTEE LOAN TO YOU, I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT 50,000$ LOAN WAS APPROVED TO YOU YESTERDAYS. I WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SEEKING FOR A GUARANTEED LOAN OF 50,000$ FROM US .BE INFORMED THAT THE 50,000$ GUARANTEE LOAN SHALL BE GRANTED TO YOU UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS STATED BELOW.
1. THAT YOU MUST FOLLOW EVERY DIRECTIVE TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF YOUR TRANSACTION.
2. FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO GRANT YOU A LOAN, IT IS OUR OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE BEING USE FOR THE INTENDED PURPOSE AS EXPLAINED TO US AND IS ALSO OUR OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TRANSACTION WILL BE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETED SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PAY BACK THE LOAN WITH THE AGREED INTEREST, YOUR GOING TO PAY BACK THE LOAN WITH 5% INTEREST OF ANY AMOUNT LOANED TO YOU, AT EXPIRATION OF THE LOAN PERIOD.

(OUR METHOD OF LOAN)

(1) WE TRANSFER MONEY INTO YOUR ZERO BALANCE CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT
(2) WE TRANSFER MONEY INTO YOUR EQUITY ACCOUNT
(3) WE MAKE USE OF BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER
(4) WE WILL SEND YOU A CHECK

UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO THIS TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU SHALL SEND TO US THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO ENABLE US START THE PROCESSING OF YOUR LOAN. YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS (NOT P. O. BOX) BUT PHYSICAL ADDRESS. YOUR DIRECT PHONE AND FAX NUMBER IF ANY. THE BANK DETAILS OF ANY OF THE THREE OPTIONS INCLUDING BANK NAME, PHONE AND FAX NUMBER IF ANY.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

SINCERELY
MRS. ROSE DANIEL

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