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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: "PARAGON FINANCIAL SERVICES" <wwn3@mchsi.com>
Reply-To: paragon_fs@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:44:53 +0000
Subject: PRESTAMO @5%

Dear/Sir Mandam

¿Necesita un préstamo para alterar sus deudas o para aumentar su situación financiera?
El Paragon es ofrecer servicios financieros a baratos préstamo de $ 5,000.00 a
$ 50,000,000.00 a una tasa de interés de 5% anual. Si le interesa hacer
volver con la siguiente información

FORMULARIO DE SOLICITUD
Nombres completos:
Ubicación:
Ocupación:
Cantidad del préstamo:
Duración del préstamo:
Ingresos Mensuales:
Tel. Número:

Todas las aplicaciones deberán ser remitidas directamente a la dirección de correo electrónico a continuación:
paragon_fs@hotmail.com
Para más información: Oficina de Londres
Paragon Servicios Financieros

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