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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:
Reply-To: info_tfcu@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 20:43:13 +1200
Subject: APPLY FOR A 3% LOAN $

APPLY FOR A 3% LOAN.

Do you need easy qualifying Business or personal loans from $5,000-$10,000,000 Bad credit or Good credit, makes no difference with us.3% of applications are approved within 48Hours. To apply, get in touch with us via: EMAIL: submit.tfcu@financier.com / submit.tfcu1@gmail.com

Regards.

Financial Trust FCU
33633 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga, AK 14225
Telephone: 501 404-7495
FAX: 501 831-0669
EMAIL: submit.tfcu@financier.com
submit.tfcu1@gmail.com

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