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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: "Compassionate Capital Venture" <loan_offer@compassionate.com>
Reply-To: capventure@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 02:45:44 +0100
Subject: Offer


Hello,
=

Apply for a quick and convenient loan to pay off bills and to Begin a new =
project. We offer loan at the cheapest interest rate of 2%. Do contact us t=
oday via email: capventure@outlook.com
We offer minimum loan of 50,000.00 to 10,000,000 we are certified, registe=
red loan lender. =

Contact us today if you are interested.
=

LOAN APPLICATION FORM
=

(1)Full Names:
(2)Complete Address:
(3)Amount Needed as Loan:
(4)Phone Number:
(5)Duration:
(6)Country:
(7)Monthly Income:
(8)Marital Status:
(9)Have you applied before:
(10)Loan Purpose:
=

NOTE: All Responses should be forwarded to: capventure@outlook.com for qui=
ck processing.
=

Thanks,
=

Sign Management
Compassionate Capital Venture
=

---------------------------------Spanish------=
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=

Hola,
=

Solicitar un pr=E9stamo r=E1pido y conveniente para pagar las facturas y p=
ara comenzar un nuevo proyecto. Ofrecemos pr=E9stamos al tipo de inter=E9s =
m=E1s barato de 2%. No nos entran en contacto hoy a trav=E9s de correo elec=
tr=F3nico: capventure@outlook.com
=

Ofrecemos m=EDnimo de pr=E9stamo de 50.000,00 a 10.000.000 estamos certifi=
cados, registrada prestamista de pr=E9stamo.
=

P=F3ngase en contacto con nosotros hoy mismo si est=E1 interesado.
=

SOLICITUD DE PR=C9STAMO
(1) Nombres y apellidos:
(2) Direcci=F3n completa:
(3) Cantidad necesaria como pr=E9stamo:
(4) N=FAmero de tel=E9fono:
(5) Duraci=F3n:
(6) Pa=EDs:
(7) Ingreso mensual:
(8) Estado Civil:
(9) =BFHa aplicado antes:
(10) Prop=F3sito del pr=E9stamo:
=

NOTA: Todas las respuestas deben ser enviadas a: capventure@outlook.com p=
ara un proceso r=E1pido.
=

Gracias,
=

Sign Management
Compassionate Capital Venture
=

=

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