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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: LOAN
Reply-To: <catholicloanasia@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 00:28:59 +0530
Subject: LOAN

CATHOLIC CHURCH INTERNATIONAL LOAN APPLICATION FORM.

Dear Applicant,

You are welcome to Catholic Loan International Financial Lending Company Service Plc With all due respect, We Offer Loan to honest and God fearing minded people. Our Offers Include The Following Loans program's* Loan for developing businesses to a competitive Edge.*
Personal Loans (Secure and Unsecured) * Business Loans (Secure and Unsecured) * Undergraduate Loans * Graduate Loans * MBA Education Loans * Personal/Medical Education Loans * Legal Education Loans*Study Abroad Loans * Consolidation Loan * Combination Loan CollateralAnd Non- Collateral Loans* We do offer all kind of Loan, for that
reason we are ready to offer you the Loan you need from this company so that you can be able to carry out any type of business you wish to do Etc, we shall give, we will offer you Loan as you requested, be
rest informed that we only attend to serious minded individuals, if you are applying for this Loan we will give you the best in this transaction:
So it all depend on you. we will want you to fill out the borrowers information below and return back to us as soon as possible so that we can proceed with this transaction, Well we must let you know that this company will highly appreciate your urgent response in this transaction, and we shall all be in service with you to make sure you receive this loan fast and with good faith, with grace all things are possible so we shall invest trust and honest in this transaction:


*Qualifications On This Transaction:*


1) The Borrower must be trusted with Good Faith and unlimited grace.
2) Even with Bad credit, we still guarantee the Borrower the Loan with
unlimited grace in this company.
3) The Loan Can Be granted even with low credit.

4) Fixed Rate of the Loan interest is 2% Percent . as well.


FILL LOAN APPLICATION FORM*

Full Name:.............................
Country:...............................
State:.................................
Address:...............................
Your Age:..............................
Your Fax Number:.......................
Occupation:............................
Marital status:........................
Sex:...................................
Status at place of work:...............
Personal Phone Number:.................
Monthly Income:........................
Weekly Income:.........................
Loan Amount Needed:....................
Purpose of Loan:.......................
Loan Duration:.........................
When Do You Need The Loan:?............


In acknowledgment to these details, We will send you a well calculated
Terms and Condition which will include the agreements of this
transaction, we will want you to fill the borrower's information above
and return back to us as soon as possible so that we can proceed
further in this transaction.


Awaiting your urgent response.

Regards,
Rev. Mike
Catholic Loan International Financial Lending Company Service Plc
Address: A-17, Ground Floor, Opp. HDFC Bank,
Ashok
Vihar Phase 1 Rd, Pocket B, Phase 4, Ashok Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi 110052

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