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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: MR DONALD WILLIAMS <0004@towewr.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <donald.will2@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 22:12:35 +0530
Subject: Apply For Your Loan

Greetings Sir/Madam,

We are financial builders and we give out no credit check loans to everyone ranging from personal, commercial, business loans with our amounts ranging from min $5,000 - max $10,000,000 with a fixed and very low interest rate of 3%.Do you want to own a company? Do you want to own a Home? Is Your Company having financial problem? Do you have a contract/project and need money to fund it? Apply for a loan today and get financed within 3-4 working days.

HOW TO APPLY: send us the below information through e-mail (donald.will2@aol.com) so that we can send you our loan terms and
repayment plan for your review.

Your Name:...............
Your Country:...............
Your Occupation:...............
Loan Amount Needed:...............
Loan Duration...............
Monthly Income:...............
Your Telephone Number:.....................
Business Plan/Use Of Your Loan:...............

Thanks for taking your time to view our advert.

Mr Donald Williams
Email: donald.will2@aol.com
M/D CEO.
+919560727975

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