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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- 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.
- creditcenter.e.i.g@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Credit Center" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <creditcenter.e.i.g@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 01:25:37 +0700
Subject: Legitimate Loan Offer
Are you interested in a Loan? we offer all kinds of financial assistance to all individuals "Business Personal Loan , investment Loan,home consolidation Loan, debt Loan and company loan worldwide. Our interest rate is 3% per year. we also render financial advice to our clients.if you have any good project or you want to start up a business and you need loan to finance it, just contact us immediately so that we can discuss, sign agreement and then finance your project or business for you. Kindly contact us today for all your financial needs. contact us via E-mail: creditcenter.e.i.g@gmail.com
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