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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: "Al Hajaj Krediler ve Finans Sirketi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alhajajloanfirm@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:43:50 +0100
Subject: KREDI TEKLIF

Al Hajaj Krediler ve Finans Sirketi
(Doha - Katar Kayitli)
Ofis Adres: 66 Al Wajud, Posta Box 21305
Doha, Katar.



Sayin Bay / Bayan

Ben özel bir borç veren duyuyorum, ve ben, bizim sirketten bir kredi uygulamak için ilgilenen tüm müsteriler için mevcut tüm bireyler, uzun ve kisa vadeli kredi için, biz teminat ve Non teminat, isletme kredileri, bireysel krediler ve ile borç konsolidasyonu kredileri sunuyoruz % 1.8 faiz orani teklif ve biz 900,000,000.00 usd 40.000,00 usd kredi vermek.

Mali yardim almak ilgilenen varsa, banka hesabiniza bize bugün 9 saat bizim ortak banka havalesi basvurun.


Ailene Saygilar.


Rachael Clifford
MÜDÜRÜ

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