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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:
- 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: Arc Investors LTD <k.bindhu_madhavan@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: Arc Investors LTD <arclnvestorsltd00@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:35:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: GOOD DAY
Dear freind,
Are you in need of a Loan/Funding for a project? Have you been trying
to obtain a Loan from any of the Banks or Loan Companies and got
Ripped off and they have refused to grant you the Loan because of bad
credit? we offer all types of non-recourse Loan and funding at a low
Interest Rate of 3% both long term and short term.
The categories of Loan/financial funding offered include but not
limited to: Business Loan, Personal Loan, Company Loan, Mortgage Loan,
debt consolidation and financial funding for both turnkey and mega
projects E.T.C. from a minimum of Euro / US$1Million to Euro /
US$5Billion Max.
Kindly get in touch for further details and procedure.
Regards
Arc Investors LTD
Mr.Sarmad Zok
Associate Director.
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