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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: "Blue Trust Financial Loan 3% Loan Offer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bluetrustfloan1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 06:09:50 +0200
Subject: 3%

Blue Trust Financial Loans is a worldwide financial institute with over 12 years of experience. We range from R10, 000.00 to R30, 000,000.00 Blue Trust Financial Loans is a full service commercial financial institute.
 
We write to clarify and explain our mode of services that we render to our customers on loan application issues. Firstly, our ultimate aim is to ensure that our applicant’s loan application is approved.
 
You are required to Email us your ID copy and 3 months Bank Statement/ Payslip and for Business Loan the Company CC should be sent in place of Payslip to enable us verify if you qualify for our loan offer.
 
Secondly, when it has been fully confirm that your applications is approved after the verification exercise from our verification department, your applications file will be forwarded to the paying Bank office to effect payment of your approved loan.
 
It takes Blue Trust Financial Loans maximum 24 hours to verify and process your loan application.                                                  
 
FULL NAME:
ID NUMBER:
STATE/COUNTRY:
HOME ADDRESS:
AMOUNT NEEDED AS LOAN:
PURPOSE OF LOAN:
CONTACT TEL NO:
OCCUPATION:
MONTHLY INCOME:
LOAN DURATION:
SEX:
AGE:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
 
SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO EMAIL: bluetrustfloan@gmail.com
 
Regards,
 
Teresa Miller (Mrs.)
Senior Loan Manager

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