419 scam: "Department"<atm-004@live.com> Re:Loan/Investment Offer Management Reply...19/09/2018

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Department" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ctreasurydepartment@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:15:46 -0400
Subject: Re:Loan/Investment Offer Management Reply...19/09/2018

Hello my good friend,

Can you please tell me where you can get a very good, flexible & reliable loan but at a very low interest rate? Advent Credit Services have decided to offer you a loan for as low as 3% interest rate annually. With it you can expand your business (even abroad), carry out some of your long overdue investment plans, buy a new home, settle your housing problems, carry out major repairs, pay for your child's/children's education, settle your outstanding debts, solve your financial issues and do many more while you easily repay us.

Because you are guaranteed to win over your finances if you become a part of this wonderful offer, kindly get back to us by replying this email correspondence. You may also send an email message directly to us at "ctreasurydepartment@msn.com" and we will furnish you with the details on how to apply, fill and submit a loan application form to us to get started.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation as we expect your earliest response.

Yours sincerely,

Edward Taylor
Loans Manager, Department for Loans,
Advent Credit Services.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam