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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: "Global Finance Loan" <admin@betampa.cf>
Reply-To: enquiriesgfs2@mailbox.co.za
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 12:50:35 +0200
Subject: We Offer Loan @ 3% ..

Greetings,

TO WHOM IT MAYCONCERN

We, Global Finance Loan Service Credit Union offers Loan at a very low interest rate of 3% per year, we offer Personal loans, Debt Consolidation Loan, Venture Capital, Business Loan, Education Loan, Home Loan or "Loan for any reason!

Have you been turned down by your bank? Do you have bad credit? Do you have unpaid bills? Are you in debt? Do you need to set up a business? Worry no more as we are here to offer you a low interest loan. Our loan ranges from R10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Rand) to R10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Rand).

We also offer’s loan to International Client’s from $10,000.00 (Ten Thousand United State Dollars) to $10,000,000.00 (Ten Million United State Dollars) Only.

If you are interested do not hesitate to contact us with your Full Names.., Contact Address.., Occupation.., Telephone Numbers.., Loan Amount.., and Duration of repayment…

Do not hesitate to contact us on the telephone; fax and email address below for further clarification(s)

Warm Regards,
Mr. Augustine Daniel
Customer Service
Loan Services Controller,
Mobile Tel: +27 (0) 739 823 086
Fax: No: +27 (0) 862 040 070
Email: enquiriesgfs2@mailbox.co.za

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