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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Allen Roberts Finance <info@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: allenrobertsfinance01@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:48:37 +0100
Subject: Quick Loan At 2% Interest Rate.
Hello
This is the popular Allen Roberts Finance, a private investment
company that provides financing to Small-cap, publicly traded
companies. Our mission is to add value by providing not only financial
resources and industry knowledge, but hands-on M&A strategy and
implementation.
Our interests are lower than your local lenders, and our conditions
are easier to meet. Depending on your compliance to make available the
requirements, your funds could be transferred to your resident account
within 7 working days you open a communication line with us. Listed
below are the other particular areas which we are also experienced in.
*Commercial Real Estate Finance
*Joint Venture/Partnership with long term business r/ship
*Seed Capital/Early stage funding
*Business Financing
*Debt Consolidation
*Secured/Unsecured Loans
*Personal loans
*Business loans
*Real estate loans
Please get back to us if interested in a loan or financing.
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