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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: "Mr. Aldrich Blair" <vivek@perceptprofile.com>
Reply-To: thriftyloans0002@aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 21:54:38 +0530
Subject:


I am Mr. Aldrich Blair, the MD, of Thrifty Investment LLC. I am an
Angel Investor/Private Lender, I give out loans to individuals or
groups worldwide.

As a privately funded Lender we are able to look at applications that
many banks and lending institutions would normally decline.
Thanks to our group of open minded investors we are able to be
flexible in our approach to funding Borrowers.

Loans can be for any genuine project and especially those that have a
humanitarian element to them. Creating jobs,
affordable housing, helping to secure the long term future of
companies, assisting new and developing businesses to meet their own
realistic goals and ambitions are all the kind of loan applications we
will consider.

If you are interested in getting a loan from us kindly
fill the Client Information Summary so that we can proceed

Name............
Amount Needed........
Duration..........
Country............
Phone Number........
Age.............

Best Regards,
Mr. Aldrich Blair (MD)
+918951603135
E-mail:thriftyloans0002@aol.com

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