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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: whyte smith <whytesmith@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 07:05:27 +0100
Subject: LOAN OFFER APPLY NOW

I am Mrs Vanessa Bossie,I saw your question regarding a loan and i
will advise you to be very careful because last month i was so much in
need of a loan and got scam three times by fake lenders here....i was
introduce to this legit lender by a friend but at first i was so
scared but decide give them a trier and to my greatest surprise my
loan request of $105,000 was granted,Their ways was so easy,No
collateral,No credit check,No co-signer and with just 3% interest
rate.

You can contact them via this E-mail:
waltersmithloancompany@gmail.com

GOOD LUCK.

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