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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • unityloans@tsamail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITY INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS"<info@unityloans.com>
Reply-To: <unityloans@tsamail.co.za>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:16:42 +0100
Subject: LOAN OFFER AT A LOW INTEREST RATE APPLY NOW!!!

Good Day,

Unity Loan Investment Company is offering outs loans to the public with a very low rate of 0.5%. We offer out personal and business loans. Are you in debt and you need an urgent loan? Do you need a real estate loan? Do you need secured or unsecured loan? Need financing but don't know how to
go about securing a loan? Contact us for help. Financing shouldn't be a mystery. We would love to fund projects at hand and offer personal loans as well to you, your firm/partners and clients. A loan process can be completed within a space of one week provided terms of loan contract is agreed upon. Look no further, contact UNITY INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS COMPANY today on.

Email: unityloans@tsamail.co.za

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We only give out loans from $5,000 - 1,000,000,000 with a maximum time duration of 30years.

Yours in Service,
DR PARKER ANDERSON

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