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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: Jones Terry <collionspetersonloanfirm1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jonesloanfirm@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 23:23:54 -0700
Subject: Top of the Day.

Top of the Day.

How are you doing today hope great? So i will want you to know that
the company are planing to cancel your loan requested. An the board
director said that before they can cancel the loan request, that is
should email you to know if you are still interested with the loan.

Please if you still want us to proceed further with the loan that you
requested in this company, so i we want you to get back to us, so that
will can proceed further with your request Okay.

Best Regards.

Mr Jones Terry

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