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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: Marcello Traini <Marcello.Traini@corimpex.it>
Reply-To: "info@panolacredit.com" <info@panolacredit.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:20:53 +0000
Subject: Finanzierung Projekte


Sehr geehrter Herr / Frau.

Wir bieten flexible Darlehen und Finanzierungen für verschiedene Projekte unter Umgehung der üblichen strengen Verfahren ohne Vorabgebühr. Dieses Finanzierungsprogramm ermöglicht einem Kunden eine niedrige Zinsrückzahlung von nur 2 % pro Jahr für einen Zeitraum von 1 bis 30 Jahren und eine tilgungsfreie Zeit von sechs Monaten.

Sollten Sie an einer unserer Finanzierungsoptionen interessiert sein, zögern Sie bitte nicht, uns für weitere Informationen zu kontaktieren.

Danke,

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