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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: "ALLIANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: transferdepartmentg@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 12:01:03 +0100
Subject:




Greetings

My company gives out loans to serious minded individuals and companies at
low interest rate, minimum amount offer : $5,000.00 and maximum amount
offer: $5,000,000.00.

Are you interested on the loan amount? confirmed the receipt of this
email. Get back to us as soon as possible so that we can furnish you with
the loan terms and condition.Note: All replies should be sent to
transferdepartmentg@gmail.com for quick response.



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The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged.
If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this e-mail and notify sales@bswc.biz immediately - you should not
retain, copy, distribute or use this e-mail for any other purpose, nor disclose any of its content to any other person. Builders
Supplies (West Coast) Ltd may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and staff
training.
Company Registered in England 574166 Registered Office Kilbane Street Fleetwood Lancs FY7 7PF VAT Reg No
153433190

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