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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: service@mail.com
Reply-To: floydbusiness.llc@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:30:18 +0530
Subject: RE

I’m Mr. Floyd Best. A reputable, legitimate & accredited lender. We give out loan of all kinds in a very fast and easy way, Personal Loan, Car Loan, Home Loan, Student Loan, Business Loan, Inventor loan, Debt Consolidation etc. Interested applicant should kindly furnish us his or her details below: Names: Loan Amount: Loan Duration: Country: State: Occupation: Sex: Age: Phone Number:

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caracter confidencial, y esta dirigida unicamente al destinatario de la misma y
solo podra ser usada por este. Si el lector de este mensaje no es el
destinatario del mismo, se le notifica que cualquier copia o distribucion de
este se encuentra totalmente prohibida. Si usted ha recibido este mensaje por
error, por favor notifique inmediatamente al remitente por este mismo medio y
borre el mensaje de su sistema. Las opiniones que contenga este mensaje son
exclusivas de su autor y no necesariamente representan la opinion oficial del
MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL. Este mensaje ha sido analizado por MailScanner
en busca de virus y otros contenidos peligrosos, y se considera que está limpio.


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