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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. Carol Williams" <Info@skymail.mn>
Reply-To: unioncapitalhomefirm@skymail.mn
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:54:44 +0600 (BDT)
Subject:

Good day :

I am Mrs. Carol Williams the Union Home Financial Service Limited, I
am a certified loan lender, that offers loan to people who are in need
of loans. I give out loans for project, business, taxes, bills, and so
many others reasons. So contact us now and get the loan that you need
with a low interest rate of 3%, if you get a loan from us you will be
glad you did, Because the terms and conditions are very simple. There
is more to gain by getting a loan from this company, so any interested
person or persons should via unioncapitalhomefirm@skymail.mn So that the
transaction can begins.


Full Name....................

Country......................

State.........................

Address.......................

Amount Needed................

Monthly Income................

Loan Duration.................

Date of Birth................


Thanks

Mrs. Carol Williams

Managing Director

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