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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: Funding World <info@funding.com>
Reply-To: onlineservices@qatar.io
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:56:18 -0600
Subject: Re: message...
Hello,
Please pardon me for disturbing your valued time.
This is a Finance Lending Organization, We are specialized in funding
and offering of Loans to interested individuals and companies who are
seeking financial assistance and business growth or business expansion
fund. We offer Loans with a dependable guarantee to all our qualified
applicants.
Our Loan Interest rates is very low and affordable and with a
negotiable duration. We also provide funding for business partnership
and real estate. We offer small and large amount of Loans to all our
qualified clients.
For more information inquiries and Application, Please Contact our
representative via e-mail.
Kindly ignore this message if you are not interested.
Thank You!
Funding World®
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