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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: "Hijab Finance Pvt. Ltd." <cvalverde@ces.es>
Reply-To: "Hijab Finance Pvt. Ltd." <hijab@foxmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 11:46:01 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?3%_Loan_Offer_Apply_Today=E2=80=8F?=



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* LOAN APPROVAL IN 60MINS !!
* GUARANTEED SAME DAY TRANSFER !!
* 100% APPROVAL RATE !!
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Contact US for more information about loan offer and we will solve your
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AVISO LEGAL, DE CONFIDENCIALIDAD Y RESPONSABILIDAD: El contenido de este mensaje de correo electronico, incluidos los ficheros adjuntos, es
confidencial y esta protegido por el articulo 18.3 de la Constitucion, que garantiza el secreto de las comunicaciones.
Este mensaje esta dirigido solo a la persona o entidad destinataria y puede contener material confidencial y / o privilegiado.
Cualquier revision no autorizada, uso, divulgacion o distribucion esta prohibida. Si usted no es el destinatario, por favor pongase
en contacto con el remitente por correo electronico de respuesta y destruya todas las copias del mensaje original. Si usted es el destinatario,
pero no desea recibir comunicaciones a traves de este medio, por favor notifique al remitente inmediatamente.


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LEGAL NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY: The contents of this email, attachments included, is confidential and is protected by Article 18.3
of the Spanish Constitution, which guarantees the secrecy of communications.
This message is intended only for the person or entity addressed and may contain confidential and / or privileged. Any unauthorized review, use,
disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of
the original message.
If you are the recipient, but does not wish to receive communications through this means, please notify the sender immediately.

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