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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: "MCKENZIE MICRO FINANCE FIRM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mckenziemicrofinancefirmlit@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 02:42:16 -0800
Subject: Apply for a loan now at lower interest rate of 2%

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 offer loan at low Interest Rate of 2% per Annual. Our Loan amount for developing businesses, competitive edge and business expansion, loan ranges from $10,000.00 to 500,000,000.00Euro if you are interested please get back to us with the Following Information Bellow for us to proceed further :

Available Loans are:

Personal Loan,
Business Loan,
Company Loan,
Car Loan,
Student Loan ,

BORROWERS DATA FORM

FULL NAMES:..........
SEX:............
ADDRESS...........
AGE:..............
COUNTRY:...........
OCCUPATION:..............
MOBILE NUMBER:...............
PURPOSE OF LOAN:...............
AMOUNT REQUIRED:.................
LOAN DURATION:....................

Contact us immediately with below E-mail address: mckenziemicrofinancefirmlit@gmail.com

Thanks.

Mr.Walter Heusser (CEO)
(TEAM DIRECTOR) MCKENZIE MICRO FINANCE FIRM TURKEY
NO:2378, EBUSUUD STREET 18 SIRKECI EMINONU FATIH ISTANBUL 34210 TURKEY

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