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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: "FIDELITY HONEST FINANCE LOAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fidelityhonestloan@9.cn>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:38:33 -0400
Subject: FIDELITY FINANCE LOAN OFFER

Attn Sir /Madam :

I am Mr. Collins Mayer, C.E.O to FIDELITY HONEST FINANCE LOAN COMPANY, for we have been of great help to so many people in the world to meet their financial need.

FIDELITY HONEST FINANCE LOAN COMPANY has been in gold business for decades and has the experience and capabilities of financing any project ranging from personal or individual projects to governmental or ministerial projects. We also give out loans to suitable qualified candidates who agree to our terms and are ready to conform to terms and policies of the loan amount demanded for. We follow a global structure of loan and credit terms. We offer loans and credits according to the amount demanded by our clients.

Gold star International has unlimited structure and access of finance due to our long standing terms of operations. We have our head office in the United Kingdom and regional office in Asia. We provide financial services, in terms of loans and grants, to over twenty million clients and agricultural investments annually, also for college's students and universities across the globe.

We do give out different categories of loan, which are.

*Refinance
*Home Improvement
*Investment Loan
*Auto Loans
*Debt Consolidation
*Business Loans
*Personal Loans
*International Loans.

FIDELITY HONEST FINANCE LOAN COMPANY is offering out loan to the General public with a very low rate of 1%. We only give out loans from ? 15,000 ? ? 5,000,000,000 with a maximum time duration of 10years.

A loan process can be completed within a space of one week provided the terms of the loan contract are agreed upon. Look no further, Contact
FIDELITY HONEST FINANCE LOAN COMPANY today via email: fidelityhonestloan@9.cn

Mr Collins Mayer (CEO)
FIDELITY HONEST FINANCE LOAN COMPANY
Email: fidelityhonestloan@9.cn

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