419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: hugo perez <citiloan@london.co.uk>
Reply-To: edmundsinfo@googlemail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:48:01 +0300
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?b?YWN0dWFsaXphY2nzbg==?= (nuestra empresa ofrece un
mejor =?iso-8859-1?b?cHLpc3RhbW8=?= que le =?iso-8859-1?b?aGFy4Q==?= volver
de nuevo)

--
Estimado señor / MA.

Una sociedad de inversión con sede en el Reino Unido. Ofrecemos préstamos a un
tipo de interés del 3% anual. Nuestra tasa de interés es muy asequible
y nuestro
proceso de préstamo es muy rápido también. Para todas las empresas
interesadas,
las instituciones financieras y personas. Estamos muy dispuestos a hacer su
problemas financieros una cosa del pasado. Si usted está realmente dispuesto a
poner fin a sus problemas financieros y, a continuación, la búsqueda
más allá y
no solicitar un préstamo el día de hoy. Préstamo se da en libras, euros y US
dólares, el mínimo 3.000 libras, euros o US dólares así que si usted está
realmente interesado por favor contáctenos de más información sobre
cómo obtener
el préstamo.

Por favor reenviar todas las consultas a:

Saludos cordiales
Sr. Hugo Perez
Executive Director/CEO
CONFIABLE CiTi Loan Company
12-14Berkeley Square, London
W1J 6EQ
United Kingdom

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