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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: MUSOLINO
Reply-To: <infojoh912@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:52:23 -0700
Subject: FUNDING


Attn Everyone:

This is to notify the general public that MUSOLINO has opened an opportunit=
y to every one in need of any financial help ..Are you in need of a loan o=
r Investment funding ? for any reason such as : Personal Loan , Business Lo=
an, Auto and mortgage loans from the tune of $5,000 -$10,500,000.00 USD, Ou=
r loan/financial offer is given at a low interest of 3% annual rate and it'=
s repayment duration is very friendly and customer convenient. Repayment p=
eriod is within 12 to 120 months with an initial 1-3 months grace period wi=
th no per-payment penalty. =


Above depending on the nature of business. We are currently funding fo=
r Existing businesses with existing management team, with major work on Ene=
rgy, Contract Execution, Commercial Real Estate Purchase, Business Expansio=
n, Transportation, Technology, Healthcare etc. We now open to have a good =
business relationship with you as our financial scheme is very flexible an=
d customer convenient, For more details please don't hesitate to contact us=
for possible business co-operation Send in detailed loan proposal (Name,L=
oan Amont,Country,Phone Contact)

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Hours of operation: Our office is open Monday - Saturday from 8:00 am - 5:0=
0pm pst. We operate a retail office at this location where you can visit us=
and handle all your foreign exchange transactions. =

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