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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: jessepetersonlthu@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:35:55 -0700
Subject: Darlehensangebot

Haben Sie nach Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten für Ihr Unternehmen, den Kauf eines neuen Eigenheims, den Bau, den Immobilienkredit, die Refinanzierung, die Schuldenkonsolidierung, den persönlichen oder geschäftlichen Zweck gesucht? Willkommen in der Zukunft! Finanzierung mit uns leicht gemacht. Kontaktieren Sie uns, da wir unseren Finanzdienstleister zu einem niedrigen und erschwinglichen Zinssatz von 2% für lange und kurze Darlehenslaufzeiten anbieten. Interessierte Antragsteller sollten sich unter jessepetersonlthu@gmail.com an uns wenden, um weitere Verfahren zum Erwerb von Darlehen zu erhalten

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