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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: "Vanessa Chorny" <vanessa.chorny@cbgreatlakes.com>
Reply-To: georgelanden123@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 02:01:10 -0800
Subject: Loan Deal

We are an agent office with over 35 years of helping prospective clients secure / acquire loans be it Personal loans, Venture Capital, Business loan, Home loan in amounts ranging from US$50,000-US$100M in just 6 days. We also provide Project Loan amounts ranging from US$10 million to US$500 million at 3.3% interest rate with repayment periods of 10-30yrs. For application & more information; please contact:

Agent Rep: George Earl Landen
Agent ID: GLNFIN302711
e-mail:georgelanden123@hotmail.com



Vanessa Chorny.
(Secretary/Online Advertiser)

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