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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: SunLife =?utf-8?Q?Financial=C2=AE?= <sunlife-fin-services@admin.in.th>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 23:48:30 +0200
Subject: Darlehen Angebot




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Untied Kingdom Registered Address:
4 Davy Way,
Quedgeley,
Gloucester GL2 2DE,
United Kingdom

Grüße,

Sind Sie brauchen Kredit für jeden Zweck?

Kontaktieren Sie uns bei Sunlife Financial Darlehen Unternehmen für eine
sichere und schnelle Darlehen-Transaktion mit 3 % Zinssatz.

Und unsere Kreditvergabe Dienstleistungen reicht von der Mindestbetrag von
5.000,00 EUR bis der maximale Betrag von 100.000,00 EUR

Wenn Sie Interesse Füllung sind die unten Antragsformular.

Darlehensbetrag benötigt:
Darlehen-Dauer:
Darlehen-Zweck:
Land:
Zustand:
Geschlecht:
Beruf:
Telefonnummer:

Wir erwarten Ihre rasche Antwort.
Danke
Mitchell Merin
E-Mail: (sunlife-fin-services@admin.in.th)
_____________________________
Lending Agent: Mitchell M. Merin
Industry: Financial Services
Offer Type: Public Offer
Branch: United Kingdom
Web Site: sunlife.com

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