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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: jerry philip <reginacaelina@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jerry_funds@aol.com
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:55:07 +0100
Subject: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?naliehav=E1_potreba_pou=BEi=BB_=FAver_teraz_si_100=25_zada?=
=?ISO-8859-2?Q?rmo?=

Najdrah¹ie dl¾níka,

Získanie úveru legitímna boli v¾dy veµký problém pre zákazníka
finanèné potreby. Problematika úverov a bezpeènos» je nieèo, èo
¾e zákazníci sa èoraz viac zaoberajú o hµadaní úveru
z legitímneho veriteµa. Úroková sadzba úveru je pre moje 3% a
minimálna suma dávam tak, ako je úver 2000, preèo maximálna vý¹ka je
10,000,000.00. Ak máte záujem o získanie finanènú pomoc, obrá»te sa na
nám dnes: reginacaelina@gmail.com

Meno príjemcu: ...............
Adresa príjemcu: ...................
Krajina: ..................
©tát: ....... .............
Mesto: ......................
Èíslo mobilného telefónu: ....................
Fax: ....................
Pohlavie: ........ ..............
Rodinný stav: ....................
Povolanie: ......................
Po¾adovaná èiastka: ....................
Úèel, na úver: ............................... ..
Termín úver / Doba trvania: .....................

Akonáhle vyplníte vy¹¹ie uvedené údaje, musí by» odovzdané na¹ej
Protokol / Overenie Ústav pre okam¾ité a následný preskúmanie a
spracovanie va¹ej ¾iadosti.

S pozdravom,

Mrs.Regina Caelina.

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