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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: 1@webcil.com
Reply-To: nathan.oneal1@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:11:28 +0000
Subject: Loan Offer

firstfinancecompany924@gmail.com

Are you in need of reliable loan offer? are you in need of guarantee loan offer? do you need financial assistant? do you need reliable loan offer at a guarantee interest rate? here is the place to get it because i Mr squires peter the owner of first finance loan company give out loan at a guarantee interest rate of 1.5% for the period of 1 to 40years only ,so for more details if interested in dealing with my loan company then kindly reach me at my email address stated below for further processings.

reply to : firstfinancecompany924@gmail.com






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