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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: " Legal Financial Loans" <info@todaytask.com.cn>
Reply-To: legalfinanceloan@financier.com
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 09:55:35 +0100
Subject: APPLY NOW @ 3% Interest rate


Attention: Applicant, =

Applying is safe and secure:
Legal Financial Loans is a worldwide financial institution with over 14
years of experience. Legal Financial Loans is a full service commercial fin=
ancial
institution. we Offers loans at 3.% Interest rate with no credit check.
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Firstly, our ultimate aim is to ensure that our applicant's loan application
is approved, you are required to Email Your ID copy and three mouths Bank S=
tatement/ Pay
slip and for Business Loan the Company CC should be sent in place of Pay sl=
ip
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 payment verification department, your applications file w=
ill
be forwarded to the paying Bank office to effect payment of your approved
loan.
It takes Legal Financial Loans maximum 48 working hours to verify and
process your loan application. Kindly send us the following info for us to
verify and process your loan application with your ID copy and Bank
Statement/Pay slip and for Business Loan the Company CC should be sent in
place of Pay slip to enable us verify if you qualify for our loan offer.
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1. Full names.
2. ID Number.
3. Gender.
4. Loan Amount Needed.
5. Loan Duration.
6. Country of Origin
7. Mobile Number.
8. Monthly Income after deduction.
9. Occupation.
10. Your physical or office address
South African Applicant:
1. Get the cash in your account within 24-48 hours
2. Get loans from R10,000.00 up to R500,000.00 for personal loan
3. Get loans from R10,000.00 up to R10,000,000.00 for business loan
4. Payback a set monthly amount over 1 to 25 years
5. Fixed interest rate to help your budget!
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International Applicant:
1. Get the cash in your account within 24-48 hours
2. Get loans from $1,000.00 up to $100,000.00 for personal loan
3. Get loans from $1,000.00 up to $1,000,000.00 for business loan
4. Payback a set monthly amount over 1 to 25 years
5. Fixed interest rate to help your budget!
Welcome to our family of customers.
Yours in Service,
Thanks
Mr.Phillip Albert
Legal Finance Loan Application Controller,
Tel: 087 701 5267- 066 426 6469 -0210073494
Email: legalfinanceloan@financier.com
Warning: The content of this e-mail and accompanying attachments is confid=
ential and legally privileged and is considered to be "without prejudice". =
It is intended solely for the use of the addressee and access to this mail =
by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient any d=
isclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance=
on it, is prohibited. This e-mail and its attachments are subject to the d=
isclaimers as published at: http://www.legalloan.co.za

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