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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: "LOAN @2.4% INTEREST RATE." <innf004@gmail.com>
Reply-To: peakfinancialhome2013@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 05:17:32 -0800
Subject: LOAN @2.4% INTEREST RATE.

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Good Day Sir/Ma.

Do you need a loan to boost up your business, pay up your utility
bills, pay up your debts, send your child to school, get yourself a
new car, start a new business, pay your medical bills, buy a property?
Hurry now and contact us for a loan. our loan is cheap, flexible and
easy to obtain. All you have to do now is to quickly fill up the form
below and return it back to us, our officer will get back to you
within 20 minutes to initiate the loan process with you.

Name:
Loan Amount:
LOan Purpose:
Loan amortization Period:
current Job/Occupation:
Monthly Income:
Telephone Number:
Mobile Number:
Age:
Sex:
State:
Country:

REPLY TO: peakfinancialhome2013@gmail.com
REPLY TO: peakfinancialhome2013@gmail.com
REPLY TO: peakfinancialhome2013@gmail.com

Upon the receipt of the above information, you will be updated by the
loan processing offer in the person of Mr. VICTIMNAME Goldman at once with
the update of your loan status. We encourage you to fill the above
form correctly and return it back to us. Thank you very much.

We await your swift response soonest.

Warm regards,

Ms. Catherine Moore.
Officer in Charge For Foreign Customers,
Peak Financial Home Inc.
Peterborough Court Way 133 Fleet St,
London EC4A 2BB, United Kingdom
+44 20 7774 1435.

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