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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: Springleaf Financial =?utf-8?Q?Services=C2=AE?= <abednico.dube@nust.ac.zw>
Reply-To: "springleaf_@webadicta.org" <springleaf_@webadicta.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:04:02 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: Darlehen bieten jetzt bewerben.




Springleaf Financial Services ® , geben wir Kredite zu einem niedrigen Zinssatz von 3%. Eine seriöse , legitim und akkreditierte Geld Lending Company.We Darlehen Geld aus, um Menschen in Not der finanziellen Unterstützung. Haben Sie eine schlechte Kredit haben oder Sie brauchen Geld, um Rechnungen zu bezahlen ? Wir wollen dieses Medium nutzen, um Ihnen mitzuteilen, dass wir zuverlässige Empfänger Hilfe machen , wie wir Ihnen gerne ein Darlehen anbieten zu können.

Nach der Reaktion , werden Sie ein Darlehen Antragsformular per Post zu füllen.

Keine soziale Sicherheit und keine Bonitätsprüfung , 100 % garantiert .

Wir freuen uns erlaubt mir der Service für Sie sein.

Benötigte Informationen
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Ihre Namen: ...........
Adresse: ...........
Telefonnummer: ...........
Darlehensbetrag benötigt: ........
Dauer: ...............
Beruf: ...........
Monatliches Einkommen Level: ...
Geschlecht: ...............
Geburtsdatum: ........
Staat: ..................
Land: ..........
Postleitzahl: .........
Zweck: ..........

Grüße,
Karen Douglas

Telefon: +447035993973
Oder mailen Sie an springleaf_@webadicta.org
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