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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: "Financial Manager" <printer@r-type.ca>
Reply-To: moredetails@163.com
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:50:00 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Business_and_Personal_Loan_Now_Available-__Apply_Now_=C2=AE?=

Dear Customer,


We offer a loan on 2.5 APR, same day approval- For more information email us at - moredetails@163.com
We would like to finance your Project, Business loans, Personal loan, Investment loan and Consolidation loan are all types of loan application we have available for now.

We also do Home loan, Car loan. We hope to hear from you. Contact us with the details below for more details on how we can help you or your business.

NOTE: The email below is just for advance notice and easy access to mail, We will send you all business details on our next mail when you Reply / contact us on e-MAIL: moredetails@163.com

Waiting your swift response.

Have a nice day.


Cordially


Sharon L. Merlin

Financial Manager
Capital Funding Limited



ADD:
Urgent response please Email us at moredetails@163.com


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