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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: "veronica camba santiago" <info@loan.com>
Reply-To: veronicacambasantiago@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 22:26:08 +0100 (CET)
Subject: from camba santiago




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VERONICA CAMBA LOAN LENDER offer with PASSION

At VERONICA CAMBA FINANCIAL, we don’t look at loan as a

transaction. It’s
an opportunity to listen to you. Listening is how we

make sure you get
the right loan with a payment you can afford, and how we

make sure you
walk out the door happier than when you came in. It

simply payday

CONTACT VERONICA CAMBA LOAN LENDER OFFER WITH PASSION.
EMAIL: veronicacambasantiago@yahoo.com,
PERSONAL DATA

*NAME:
* EMAIL:
* TELEPHONE:
* COUNTRY:
*POSTAL CODE:
*LOAN AMOUNT:
*LOAN PURPOSE:
*MARITAL STATUS:
*YOUR OCCUPATION:
*SEX:
*YEARS NEEDED:

THANKS
VERONICA CAMBA SANTIAGO
+3469563421




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