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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: Sra Isabella Mock <magistraleila@alice.it>
Reply-To: mockisabella8@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 19:32:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: HOLA QUERIDOS (E)

Hola,
Yo soy un financiero privado de la nacionalidad francesa, ofrezco
préstamos a corto, mediano y largo plazo para todas las categorías de
personas, empresas, todo tipo de organizaciones profesionales,
individuales .... capaz de pagar con intereses tasa del 2% anual.
Me beneficio de determinada como:
* Listo Financiera
* Préstamos Inmobiliarios
* Préstamos de Inversión
* Préstamo de Auto
* Consolidación De La Deuda
* Línea de crédito
* Adquisición de crédito
* Préstamos Personales

Previo acuerdo de ambas partes, una transferencia de fondos es
proporcionada por un banco para la seguridad de la transacción.
Si usted está interesado por favor póngase en contacto conmigo en:
mockisabella8@gmail.com
Atentamente

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