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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: NORTON FINANCE <lidio.neto@ceuma.br>
Reply-To: NORTON FINANCE <nortonservice@consultant.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 13:36:23 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Loan Offer/lening bieden

NORTON FINANCE

Geachte heer / mevrouw,
Het is mij een genoegen om te schrijven over mijn bedrijf, we zijn geldschieter gevestigd in Londen, zijn wij op zoek naar betrouwbare

mensen die echt behoefte hebben aan leningen.

Onze bedrijven bieden een breed scala van financiële diensten zoals leningen, beleggingen en vermogensbeheer management.Apart

van beveiligde en onbeveiligde negatieve krediet leningen bieden hypotheken en remortgages, zakelijke en commerciële leningen,

hypothecaire leningen, schulden solutions.for meer informatie over ons voorstel contact met ons op via

nortonservice@consultant.com

Met vriendelijke groet,
Mr.Anderson Smith

Dear Sir/Madam,
It is my pleasure to write about my company, we are lender based in London, UK, we are looking for reliable people who are really in

need of loans.

Our companies offer a wide range of financial services such as loans, investments and asset management.Apart from secure and

unsecured adverse credit loans offer mortgages and remortgages, business and commercial loans, mortgage loans, debt solutions.for

more information about our proposal contact us via nortonservice@consultant.com

Best Regards,
Mr.Anderson Smith

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