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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)
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:22:53 +0200
Subject: Loan Offer at 1.5% Interest rate {Apply Now}



UNION HOMES FINANCE LIMITED

Online Loan Offer

Make Your Dreams Come TRUE. Take advantage of this exciting
offer.UNION HOMES FINANCE LIMITED is offering out both
Personal And
Business
Loan at 1.5% Interest rate per year.It's an Offer you can't
refuse.You can apply for a minimum loan of $3000 USD and a
maximum of
$5000,000,000.00 USD.

Hurry Up Today And Fulfill Your Life Time Dreams Kindly
Provide us with
the following to enable us process your Application.

Full Name:
Location:
Amount Needed/Duration:

All replies should be forwarded to this
E-mails:unionfinancelimited@live.co.uk

Contact Name: Mr Paul Gates.
UNION HOMES FINANCE LIMITED.

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