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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: "Mr Oman" <info@rolistanbulajans.com>
Reply-To: kuwaitfinance75@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:06:25 +0300
Subject:




Dear Sir / Madam,

Are you a business man or woman? Are you in any financial mess or do you
need funds to start your own business? Do you need a loan to pay the debt
or pay bills or start a nice business? Do you have a low credit score and
you are more difficult to obtain capital loan from local banks / other
financial institutions? Do you need a loan or financing for any reason,
such as:

a) Personal Loan, Business Expansion
b) to open a business, education
c) Debt Consolidation
d) a reconciliation of debt
e) Hard Money Loans
e) Partnership

We offer a range of loans from 5000 at least 1 million Dollas in interest
rates as low as 3% and without a credit check. For more information,
please contact us at: kuwaitfinance75@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,
Oman Ibrahim

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