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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: "Fred Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sacploansandfinance1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:22:40 -0800
Subject: GET A LOAN FROM US AT EASE

Hello

I am Mr Fred Morgan, the Managing Director of SACP Loans and Finance. We are certified loan lenders and Financiers.We offer loans services to people in financial difficulties.

Do you want to pay your bills ? Are you facing financial problems ? We have the solution to all your financial problems. We give out loans for projects, businesses, taxes, bills, ETC. Our loan process are easy and with a cheap interest rate.

Contact us today for that loan your desire, we can arrange any loan at a very low interest rate. If you are interested, fill out the details below:

Full Name:........................
Contact Address:..................
Phone:............................
Country...........................
Amount Needed as Loan:............
Loan Duration:....................
Sex:..............................

Send your response to:

sacploansandfinance1@gmail.com

In acknowledgement to this email, we can start with the processing of your loan.

We look forward to hearing from you urgently.

Regards,

Mr Fred Morgan
Managing Director.

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