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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: reliableinvestor
Reply-To: <reliableinvestor829@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 05:20:24 -0800
Subject: Loan


Get a loan from a legitimate and trustworthy company today, we

give out.

*Real Estate/Mortgage Loans

*Home Improvement Loans

*Automobile/Medical/Student Loans

*Debt Consolidation Loans

*Business Loans/Personal Loans.

Contact us today to get a loan from us:

reliableinvestor829@gmail.com


Dear Sir/Madam,

The main basics of this loan procedure is carefully listed out below,i
learn this because this is the usual step which all my clients which i have
funded all followed and they all got funded respectively.

1. well after i get a quote on the amount that you are interested in
borrowing,i would send you my terms and conditions which you would be
required to agree to.

2. If you are in total agreement with my terms, you are to rightfully
inform me and i would then call the leasing agency to send you whatever
paperwork that they have for you,you would get this via email and you would
be required to fill it out and then email back to them asap.

3.we would then have to wait for them to approve us,most times they do and
when they don't then we wont be allowed to proceed with this transaction,i
have had numerous offers declined and those people may have to seek loans
elsewhere.

4..After getting that i would then proceed to the bank and deposit funds in
your bank account.


These whole processes will take three to Four (3 - 4) working days,
depending on your early response to our emails. We would need to
communicate with you to verify your provided information.

A complete form with necessary documents will help us process your
application faster.

1 Name:

2 Prefix (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc.):

3 First name:

4 Last name:

5 Business name (If Any) :( Proposed name)

6 Purpose of loan:

7 Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):

8 Gender:

9 Marital status:

11 City:

12 State/Province:

13 Occupation:

14 Company name :( if any)

15 Work address:

16 State/Province:

17 Zip/postal code:

18 Country:

19 Phone:

20 Amount Needed As The Loan:

21 Duration (as stated in the above terms):

22 Email Address



If you have a general inquiry, please complete our loan form and we will be
in contact with you within 24 business hours. We make loans, and will
never sell or distribute your personal information.

Thank you.


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