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Loan Scammer – charityloan protonmail.com

LOAN SCAM ALERT! This post gives information on the email address charityloan@protonmail.com, which is being used by Indian Advance Fee Fraud loan scammers.

Loan Scam – charityloan@protonmail.com

The below loan scam email was sent to an email address that exists only to catch scam emails. It has never been used to register on any site, only to communicate with scammers.

Email headers

Received: from [192.168.0.106] (unknown [43.225.248.51])
Subject: Loan offer
To: Recipients <webmaster@lightwings.net>
From: webmaster@lightwings.net
Reply-To: charityloan@protonmail.com

Email body

Do you need a loan? interested person should contact us via:charityloan@protonmail.com

IP Address Analysis

ipTRACKERonline.com Header Analysis Quick Report
Originating IP: 43.225.248.51
Originating ISP: The Sky Internet
City: New Delhi
Country of Origin: India
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Why is this a loan scam?

  1. It was sent from a totally different email address to the one that you are asked to reply to.
  2. The email address used is a free Protonmail address.
  3. The email was mass-mailed to many recipients using BCC.
  4. The email gives no indication of who is offering the loan, where they are based or who they are regulated by.
  5. The email originated from India, which is a known Advance Fee Fraud hotspot.

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