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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: "Tony Miller" <obivan@sbb.rs>
Reply-To: tonymillerloanfirm@mynet.com
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 01:40:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject:

Hello,

I am Tony Miller, a certified and legitimate loan lender, i give out
loans to serious individuals who are interested in securing a loan, the
minimum we give out as loan is $5,000 while the maximum is $5,000,000. 00
at a rate of 3% interest, with a duration of 2 to 20 years. if interested
do fill out the short form below and have it sent to us as soon as
possible.

NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
LOAN AMOUNT:
MONTHLY INCOME:
DURATION:

Upon receipt of the above we would contact you with a well calculated
terms and condition's of the amount needed. Thanks as i expect your swift
response asap. Please direct all response to this email:
tonymillerloanfirm@mynet.com

Regards
Tony Miller

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