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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: Abacus Credit & Loan <info@AbacusCredit.com>
Reply-To: acloans@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:54:41 +1000
Subject:



ATTN: MD/C.E.O's,

Abacus Credit & Loan (A.C.L.), offer loan to
people at a very low interest rate of
3%,Whatever you need loan for, extra cash, a
new car, a luxury holiday, a wedding, Bank
Loan, Cash Loan, Consolidation Loans, Bad
Credit Loans, Small Loan, Personal Loan then
please kindly contact this email. (
acloans@hotmail.com ) I only give out loans to
you in US Dollar, Euro and Great British Pounds
only.

{ BORROWER'S DATA INFORMATION }

*(1) Loan Amount Needed: *(2)
Loan Amount Needed In Words:
*(3) Full Names: *(4)
Your Country:
*(5) Cell Or Tel
Numbers: *(6) Purpose
Of Loan:
*(7) Address: *(8)
Your Occupation:
*(9) Gender: Male or Female: *(10)
Loan Duration:
*(11) Age:

WE ARE EXCEPTING YOUR SWIFT RESPOND IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED.

Your's Sincerely,
Mr Burt Reynolds
Abacus Credit & Loan

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