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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: "JANET LOAN FUNDING INC" <info@fred.com>
Reply-To: janetloanfunds@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:08:59 -0000 (GMT)
Subject:




I am a private loan lender by JANET LOAN FUNDING INC, i give certified loans
to serious minded individuals and company at an interest rate of 3% with
total loan repayment allowed weekly monthly or yearly depending on how you
can make repayments if interested email me at janetloanfunds@gmail.com We
only offer out in: Dollars,Pounds,Euro and Naira only.Apply with the
following details:Name,Address,Cell num,Occupation,Monthly income,Loan
amount needed&Duration. Email: janetloanfunds@gmail.com

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