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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: UNION FINANCE LTD <fadly.gusril@semenindonesia.com>
Reply-To: UNION FINANCE LTD <unionfinnancelinks@webadicta.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 19:23:18 +0700
Subject: Was ist Ihre Situation?

Guten Tag

Was ist Ihre Situation? Sind Sie müde von der Suche nach finanzieller Hilfe? Haben Sie wurde konsequent nach unten von Banken und anderen Finanzinstituten zu versuchen, einen Kredit zu bekommen eingeschaltet?
UNION FINANCE LTD bringt Ihnen eine interessante Kredit-Paket heute zu einem Zinssatz von nur 3%
Beeilen Sie sich und erhalten ein Darlehen heute
Angebot öffnet nun

Beachten Sie wieder, dass unser Zinssatz so niedrig wie 3% und wir geben, Kredite reicht von einem Mindestbetrag von € 5.000,00 Euro auf € 1.000.000,00 Euro


Die für die Darlehen zu verarbeiten Informationen

Name: ......................

Land...................

Sex: .................

Darlehensbetrag: ...................

Dauer: ..................

Telefonnummer: ..................

Beruf: ..................

Monatseinkommen: ..................

Zweck des Darlehens: ..................

Beachten Sie noch einmal, dass alle Antworten weitergeleitet zu werden unionfinnancelinks@webadicta.org

Hoffe bald von dir zu hören

Firma: UNION FINANCE LTD

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

John Taylor.
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