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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: "Dr. Bulucci Mario" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gecapitalfinance@yahoo.cn>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 17:10:31 +0200
Subject: Cheap Loan offer at %5 rate

Attention,

We offer secured loans to interested individuals and companies at low interest rate.Perhaps you need a loan for Debt Consolidation,Home
Improvements,A New or Used Car Purchase,A New Home,Investment/Business Expansion Purposes, or Even a vacation.

In our loan scheme tagged 'loan under two weeks',every customer both local and international have the guarantee of obtaining a loan from this company
on the mode of unsecured offshore international funding which means no collateral is required for this process.

Interested persons should please furnish us with the following informations:

Name:
Contact Address/country:
Mobile Telephone Number:
Occupation:
Loan Amount:
Loan Duration:

Transparency is what keep us on in the contest.

Regards,

Dr.Bulucci Mario.
Accounting & Management
GE Capital Team

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