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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: ivan.kunac@optinet.hr
Reply-To: info.valencia124@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:17:26 +0200
Subject: Loan/Darlehen


--
Hello


Are interested in getting a loan for a business purpose,personal loan,pay off debt and other
useful.loan offering is set for you all who are in need.loan with prove and legal back up to avoid
any form of risk from both sides.

LOAN APPLICATION TO BE FILL AND RETURN.

Full Name:
Age:
Sex:
Address :
Amount needed:
Duration
Country:
State:
Postal code:
Occupation:
Position in office:
Monthly income:
Applied before:

Immediately we recieve the filled data we give you our loan terms and conditions so that we can
proceed with you loan transfer without no futher delays if you are in agreement.

We await your response.

Regards.

Mr Andrew

........................................................................GERMAN
CLIENTS...............................................................................................

Hallo


      Werden in einen Kredit für einen geschäftlichen Zweck, persönliche Darlehen, zahlen
sich aus Schulden und andere useful.loan Angebot ist für Sie alle, die in need.loan sind mit
Nachweis und rechtliche wieder auf jede Form von Risiko, von beiden Seiten zu vermeiden gesetzt
interessiert.

         Darlehen Anwendung zum befüllen und zurück.

Vollständiger Name:
Alter:
Sex:
Anschrift:
Benötigte Menge:
Dauer
Land:
Staat:
PLZ:
Beruf:
Position in der Gesellschaft:
Monatliches Einkommen:
Angewandte vor:

  Wir sofort erhalten die gefüllten Daten, die wir Ihnen unsere Darlehen Bedingungen, so dass wir
mit Ihnen gehen Kreditübertragung ohne ohne weitere Verzögerungen, wenn Sie einverstanden sind.
 
Wir erwarten Ihre Antwort.

Regards.

Herr Andrew




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