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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: "Mrs Brown R Wills" <brwloanfirm@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: brown.willsloanshelp2@8u8.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:12:46 -0600 (CST)
Subject:

Hello

Are You In Any Kind Of Financial Defficulty? Do You Need A Loan To Clear
Your Bills Or Debts? Do You Intend To Increase Your Finances? Are You A
Business Man Who Want's To Expand His/Her Business ...... Contact Us Now
At E-mail .. brown.willsloanshelp2@8u8.com

We are Financial Intermediary, For both Personal Loan And Business Loan's
.Ranging from $5,000.00 to $50,000,000.00. and we do require collateral
and all loans at Low interest rate of 3% .

To proceed with your required's, You will be required to provide some
detailed
informations through this email,concerning your Identity.

LOAN APPLICATION FORM
Name:__________________________
Prefix (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc.):___________
First name:____________________
Middle name:________________________
Last name:________________________
Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):__________
Gender:(Male/Female)_______________
Marital status:________________
Age:______________________
Loan Amount Needed:___________
Loan Purpose:_________________
Propose Loan Term Duration:__________
Occupation:_________________
Monthly Income:_______
Country:________________
City:_________________
State/province:___________________
Zip/postal code:_______________
Home address:___________
phone:_________________________
Mobile/cellular:________________
Company name:__________
Work address:____________________

Thanks for your Consideration/Patronage.
Kind regards/Respect.

Mrs. Brown Wills
brown.willsloanshelp2@8u8.com
THERE IS NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR DEBT AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS !!!
Here to show you a better way to financial freedom !!!

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