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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Global_Reliance_Credit=C2=AE?=
<marianalourenco@bauru.sp.gov.br>
Reply-To: <info@globalreliancecredits.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:59:09 -0800
Subject: dringende Antwort



--
Schöne Grüße,
Ich bin Mr.Patrick William von einem globalen Kreditkreditunternehmen,
das
als Global Reliance Credit(R) bekannt ist. Wir bieten alle Arten von
Darlehen zu einem Zinssatz von 1% an. Wenn Sie ein Darlehen benötigen,
kontaktieren Sie uns bitte mit den untenstehenden Informationen.

Bitte füllen Sie das untenstehende Formular aus und senden Sie es so
schnell wie möglich zurück.

Vollständiger Name:
Geschlecht:
Benötigter Betrag:
Dauer:

Wir freuen uns, Sie zu unterstützen. Kontaktieren Sie uns per E-Mail:
info@globalreliancecredits.com
Verwaltung
Mr. Patrick William
...........
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