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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: Robert Andrea <robertandrealoan@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:56:42 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Darlehen


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Achtung! Sir/Madam

Benötigen Sie eine dringende Darlehen an Unternehmen, Gründen oder benötigen Sie ein Darlehen für Refinanzierung, brauchen Sie einen Kredit Schulden? Benötigen Sie ein Darlehen für ein Auto oder ein Haus kaufen? Wenn ja sorgen nicht mehr, wir bieten alle Arten von Darlehen zu einem niedrigen und erschwinglichen Zinssatz, keine Bonitätsprüfung. Kontaktieren Sie uns jetzt per E-Mail heute

Hinweis: Alle Antworten sollte übermittelt werden: (robertandrealoan@hotmail.com) für die schnelle Bearbeitung.
Alles Gute
Robert-Andrea.

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