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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mark.walter4@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "United Finance Company" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mark.walter4@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 03:32:03 +0200
Subject: Loan @3%
United Finance Company
350 Winter St. NE, Suite 100,
Salem OR 97301 USA.
Tel: +1-443-692-7432
Email: mark.walter4@aim.com
Good Day,
I am Mark Walter from United Finance Company, we give out well certified loans to Customers starting from a minimum of 5000 to a maximum of 20 million at an interest rate of 3% with total loan repayment allowed monthly. We only offer out in Dollars, Pounds and Euro only. If interested email us now with your details.
BORROWERS DETAILS
Names:...............
Amount Needed:..........
Loan Duration:...........
Country:............
House address:.............
Purpose of loan:...........
Phone Number:............
Monthly Income:..........
Gender:................
Occupation:.............
Looking forward to your response.
Regards
Mr. Mark Walter
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