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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: "DAVID LLOYDS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <primelenderservice@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:21:35 -0800
Subject: BUSINESS AND PERSONAL LOAN,,

I am a private  financier Consultant of prime lending's,working with large lending's affiliated to a corporate consortium group operators.
i secure out Business Loans and personal loans for any purpose - From $5,000 to $100,000.00USD,for personal loan and upto $500,000,000.00 USD for business and also provide  bank Financial instruments and project financing Loan such as, Bank Guarantee (BG), Standby Letter of credit (SBLC), Corporate Bonds,
Features Of Our Loan:
No security needed for low amount
origination fee 3% payable upfront
Very affordable interest rates from 3.0%
Flexible repayment periods of 12 - 120 months
Borrow between 5,000 to 3,000,000
Business loan from 1 million to 500 million
Convenience and easy access
E-mail me for more information:primelenderservice@gmail.com
Full Name:
Address:
Nationality:
Sex:
Age:
Date of Birth:
State of origin:
Occupation:
Phone:
Loan Amount:
Purpose of loan:
duration:
Employer:
Employer Address:
Country:
Tel:
Fax:
A data Copy of international  identity to prove yourself.
A copy of utility bill for prove of address
Sincerely,
David Lloyd

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