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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: "RCS LOAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.rcs.loan269@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:42:46 -0700
Subject: RCS LOAN. Partake of our latest 3% loan offers

Attention: Applicant,
 
Applying is safe and secure:
RCS LOAN is a worldwide financial institution with over 14
years of experience. RCS LOAN is a full service commercial financial
institution. we Offers loans at 3.% Interest rate with no credit check.
 
 
Firstly, our ultimate aim is to ensure that our applicant's loan application
is approved, you are required to Email Your ID copy and three mouths
Bank Statement/ Pay
slip and for Business Loan the Company CC should be sent in place of Pay slip
to enable us verify if you qualify for our loan offer. Secondly, when it has
been fully confirm that your applications is approved after the verification
exercise from our payment verification department, your applications file will
be forwarded to the paying Bank office to effect payment of your approved loan.
It takes RCS LOAN maximum 48 working hours to verify and
process your loan application. Open the attachment file and fill the loan
application form, kindly send back the filled form with your ID copy and Bank
Statement/Pay slip and for Business Loan the Company CC should be sent in
place of Pay slip to enable us verify if you qualify for our loan offer.
 
South African Applicant:
1. Get the cash in your account within 24-48 hours
2. Get loans from R10,000.00 up to R500,000.00 for personal loan
3. Get loans from R10,000.00 up to R10,000,000.00 for business loan
4. Payback a set monthly amount over 1 to 25 years
5. Fixed interest rate to help your budget!
 
 
International Applicant:
1. Get the cash in your account within 24-48 hours
2. Get loans from $1,000.00 up to $100,000.00 for personal loan
3. Get loans from $1,000.00 up to $1,000,000.00 for business loan
4. Payback a set monthly amount over 1 to 25 years
5. Fixed interest rate to help your budget!
 
Welcome to our family of customers.
 
Yours in Service,
 
Thanks
Phillip Britz (Mr.)
RCS LOAN Application Controller,
Tel: 021 007 3494,
Fax: 086 425 4466
Email: info.rcs.loan269@gmail.com

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