419 scam: "An Loan"<anloan@aol.com> Certified loan lender

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "angloloans@financier.com" (This email address looks like addresses used in fake loan scams. Be suspicious of any lender who uses a free webmail address or who is based in different country from yourself.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- angloloans@financier.com (Financier; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "An Loan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <financeloan44@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:55:19 +0100
Subject: Certified loan lender

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are certified loan lender, we offer secured loans to individuals and companies at low interest, and we offer long and short term loans. Our firm has recorded a lot of breakthroughs in the provision of first class financial services to our clients especially in the area of Loan and capital provision for individuals and companies.

In our loan scheme tagged 'loan under two weeks, every customer both local and international all have the guarantee of obtaining a loan from this company on the mode of secured offshore international funding for this process. Our service has been repositioned and standardized to meet customers demand in an economical way. We have brought ailing industries back to life and we back good business ideas by providing funds for their upstart.

We have a network of Investors that are willing to provide funds of whatever amount discreetly to individuals and organizations to start business and operations. We also recruit Agents to assist our client companies to receive payments for their goods and services. In our bid to be useful to you, please tell us which area that you wish us to be of service to you.

Lastly, we fund small scale loan firm, intermediaries, small scale financial institutions for we have unlimited capital.

For further details respond immediately to this email: angloloans@financier.com

Thanks.

Truly yours,

Mrs. Susan Zhoa

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