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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: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Carlos_Acu=F1a_Lizama?= <cacunal@inacap.cl>
Reply-To: "jp.loaninvestment255@gmail.com" <jp.loaninvestment255@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:53:49 +0000
Subject: FINANCIAL OFFER


ARE YOU IN NEED OF A LOAN AT 3% INTEREST RATE FOR BUSINESS AND PRIVATE PURPOSES? IF YES:
FILL AND RETURN
Name: ===
Amount needed: ===
Duration: ==
Mobile number

Contact us today via Our email Address: jp.loaninvestment255@gmail.com

________________________________

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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: The information contained in this email, or any attachments to it, may be confidential and/or privileged and are for the intended addressee(s) only. Any unauthorized use, retention, disclosure, distribution or copying of this e-mail, or any information it contains, is prohibited and may be sanctioned by law. If you are not the intended recipient and received this message by mistake, please reply to sender and inform us, and then delete this mail and all attachments from your computer. Thank you.

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