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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: "A Johnson" <cleidejohnson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cleijohns16@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 10:57:41 +0100
Subject: RE: REPLY


Fortress Capital Investment London, United Kingdom Uk Loan Order Departme=
nt This is from Fortress Capital Investment, we offer loans to people wi=
th bad credit, home improvement loans, personal and business loans, student=
s looking for financial help and to companies etc with a very low interest =
rate and with or without collateral. Fortress Capital Investment business =
was launched in 1998. Fortress Private Loan Equity has invested approximate=
ly $270 billion of equity capital in 210 countries, both individual and org=
anizations. We have render loan investment funds to build big hospitals, to=
build schools, to build hotels. vehicles to many of the largest pension fu=
nds, university endowments and foundations, we have stable cash flows. Indu=
stries in which we recently have been significant investors include transpo=
rtation and infrastructure, financial services (particularly loan servicing=
and consumer finance) and senior living. We are very solid and have the c=
apacity to swift large amount of funds across to local and abroad FEATURES:=
1. NO COLLATERAL NEEDED 2. LOAN AMOUNT FROM US$10,000 TO US$500,000,000 3=
. FLEXIBLE REPAYMENT TENURE FROM 3 TO 180 MONTHS( 3 MONTHS TO 15 YEARS) 4. =
INTEREST RATE IS 3%*** 5. PROCESSING PERIOD 2 DAYS*** ONE WEEK If you are =
interested, reply back to commence loan approval Full Name: ..............=
... Loan Amount: ................. Phone Number: ................. Country:=
.................... We shall contact you with more details to complete y=
our application through email/phone At Your Service, Mrs. Cynthia Tom/ Mr.=
Don Cartier Phone No: +447010039133 Loan Application Director Fortress Pri=
vate Loan Equity London, Uk

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