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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: fernandosantos@unifap.br
Reply-To: Barclaysloansgroup@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 01:42:07 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Sch=C3=B6nen_Tag?=

Schönen Tag


Dies ist Barclay Darlehen ist 3% für beide Unternehmen Darlehen und persönliche Darlehen, die Ihr Projekt und die individuellen Bedürfnisse der Position zu Darlehen bieten.

Füllen Sie das Formular aus, wenn es interessiert ist

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mit bestem Gruß
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