The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, I can 100% guarantee that YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Mr. David John <loan_lender@hotmail.com> Reply-To:     loan_lender@hotmail.com Subject:     BUSINESS AND PERSONAL LOAN OFFER... APPLY Date:     Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:43:17 -0000 (UTC) (19:43 EDT) --  Get A Loan Now For Your Investment Project or Company Greetings From Leicester Loan Holdings: Leicester Loan Corporation is offering a floating loan scheme at 3% interest rate with valid $ proper identification. You can send your application for any amount loan you might be looking for. If you want to go into any kind of investment,you can apply for a Minimum loan of $5,000,000.00 (Five million US Dollars) to Maximum of $30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million US Dollars) to satisfy your investment quest. we give out loan on a clear and understandable terms and conditions. This offer is strictly for serious minded individual, firms or companies. Applicants below the age of 25 is not eligible to apply.  First Name: ……  Last Name: ………  Gender: ………….  Marital status:……..  Contact Address: …………  City/Zip code: ………………….  Country: ………  Date of Birth: ……  Amount Needed as Loan: …..  Loan Duration: …….  Monthly Income/Yearly Income: ……..  Occupation: …….  Purpose for Loan:………  cell Phone num:……….  Fax:………………… Please you are strictly advised to direct all replies or emails to: loan_lender@hotmail.com Thanks for Your Patronage! Mr. David John Manager David John Creditors) South Africa   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine. Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters.

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary/commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust/diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam e-mail mistakenly published on this website as a scam, the solution is simple. Don't send me spam.