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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: "Mr. Klark Donald" <alvar072@csusm.edu>
Reply-To: live_donaldender@live.com
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:14:19 -0700
Subject: LOAN OFFER!!!


Hello

Welcome to Donaldloans & Lending Investments a financial refuge and hope
to people in Need.Are you in need of adequate financing and do not know
how to go about it? Are you wallowing in debts or watching a sick relative
die due to lack of financial assistance.? We are financial builders and
gives out no credit check loans to all ranging from
personal,commercial,business,venture,start up,consolidation,refinance and
all form of loans with our amounts raning from $2,500 - $10,000,000 with a
fixed and very low interest rate of 5% on an annual basis.

For a more elaborate information on our services,our contact email is
stated below for your perusal and please do feel free in contacting us if
in need of financing as we will gladly fund and transact business with
you.


live_donaldender@live.com


Thanks for taking your time to view our advert and note that your
financial destiny is in your own hands,if you want to live that dream,we
are your best partners to help in making this dream a reality


Have a nice and wonderful day


Mr. Klark Donald



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