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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: "Acuity Financial Solutions Ltd" <acuityfinance@fastservice.com>
Reply-To: consultant@acuityfinancialsolution.org
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:49:08 +0200
Subject: Debt Solution

Attn:

Get a Personal Loan now for house improvements,commercial/business
loan,,car loan,leasing/equipment finance,debt consolidation,investment
property/Finance.

We Offer guaranteed loan services of any amount to any part of the world
and all southern African Region to,individual,companies and corporate
bodies at our superb interest rate of 3.00% .

For Loan Applications,do complete the information below and return by
email(consultant@acuityfinancialsolution.org)

1.Full Names:
2.Contact Address:
3.Contact Tel No:
4.Occupations:
5.Monthly Income:
6.Marital Status:
7.Email:

Yours In Service,
Jennifer Moore(Mrs),
Loan Applications Controller.
Direct Tel:+27786016118


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