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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: Gordon Chen <info@saros.fr>
Reply-To: gordoncheni555@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:16:36 +0100
Subject: THIS IS OUR LOAN OFFER TO =?utf-8?b?WU9Vw6LCgMKP?=




Attention : Dear Sir /Madam

We are hereby to announce to you that we now have LOAN COMPANY here in
Texas but we can give loan to any one living in USA or foreign Countries.
The maximum loan we can offer is US$50,000.00 ( Fifty Thousand Dollars
Only ) I am hereby advise you to contact our Loan Department on this
information Below .

Name : Fiduciary Loans Ltd.
E-mail : fiduciaryloans3@yahoo.com
Contact Person : Mr.Jonathan Briggs

Email them right now and tell them the amount you need , They can give you
any amount you need as soon as possible but note that they can only give
you $50,000 or below .

Wells Fargo Bank Ltd.
Address: 23158 Bold Forbes,
San Antonio, Texas 78245
United States Of America .

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