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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: eduardo@feira199brasil.com.br
Reply-To: gatewaycreditunion07@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:49:57 +0400
Subject: Loan

Company Name: GateWay Credit Union
The Financial Services Authority
Firm reference number: 01920623

Do You Need an urgent loan of any Amount? Then contact us now, we give out all kinds of loans with a very low interest rate of 3%. Contact us with your name, your country: loan amount needed: Loan duration: monthly income: your valid cellphone number: sex: gatewaycreditunion07@gmail.com

Note: All Reply Should me forwarded to gatewaycreditunion07@gmail.com


John Effrein
CEO/GWCU®
Karlavägen 106, 114 22 Stockholm Sweden

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