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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "MCKENZIE MICRO FINANCE FIRM TURKEY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mckenziemicrofinancefirmlit@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 06:22:44 -0800
Subject: Apply for your loan and invest with us now
Hello,
We are a private lender based in Turkey You are free to Contact us for any type of loan, initial capital to Finance the early stage ventures,
and expansion of existing businesses investment projects. We can finance more than $100M Worth of Project .Our Company Offer loans to individuals and companies at interest rate of 3% Per Annual.If you are interested kindly, complete the borrowers data form
BORROWERS DATA FORM
FULL NAMES:..........
SEX:............
ADDRESS...........
AGE:..............
COUNTRY:...........
OCCUPATION:..............
MOBILE NUMBER:...............
PURPOSE OF LOAN:...............
AMOUNT REQUIRED:.................
LOAN DURATION:....................
MCKENZIE MICRO FINANCE FIRM TURKEY
NO:2378, EBUSUUD STREET 18 SIRKECI EMINONU FATIH ISTANBUL 34210 TURKEY
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