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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: "MUTUAL BENEFIT FINANCE" <info@loan.com>
Reply-To: terryhull12345@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:22:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Loan Investments




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This is MUTUAL BENEFIT FINANCE Loan Investments. We are into helping
people get out of financial problems. Do you need a loan; do you have bad
credit but seriously need financial help? Have you been turned down by
banks and lending homes?. We offer financial help to the public with low
rates of 3% , business and personal Funding with secured and unsecured
loans available. We are guaranteed in giving out financial services to our
numerous clients all over the world. Without flexible lending packages
loans can be processed and funds transferred to the borrower within
shortest time possible. We operate under a clear and understandable terms
and we give loans of all kinds to interested clients who are approved by
our funds approving dept. More informations about our firm contact us via
email [terryhull12345@hotmail.com]

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