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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: cheryl murphy <ckrentz@uni-bremen.de>
Reply-To: cherylmurhpy0122@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:47:19 +0100
Subject:


Do you need a loan to start a business? Do you need a loan to pay your
bills? We
provide education loan, business loan, home loan, agriculture loan, personal
loan, car loan and other good reason, ranging from $2,000 - $10,000,000 in a
minimum of 2% interest with a maturity of 1 to 30 years depending of
the amount
you need as loan, contact us with yourname,country,address,loan amounted,
loan duration,phone number,to our emiail: cherylmurhpy0122@gmail.com

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