Loan Scam – lucien.dxx@gmail.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
From: ANNONCE <sabbatinolanni@tin.it> Reply-To: lucien.dxx@gmail.com Subject: Bonjour !!! X-Originating-IP: 197.234.221.214
Email body
Bonjour
Je suis Français actionnaire et opérateur financier au TOGO. J’octroie
des prêts d’investissement de 1000 Euro à 300.000 Euro avec un taux
raisonnable de 2 % avec des conditions très simple sans problème. Je
fais aussi des investissements entre particuliers de toute sorte en
partenariat avec des partenaires banquiers dans toute l’espace
d’Afrique, nos offres de crédits sont assurées par banque pour la
sécurité de la transaction de toute personne . Si vous êtes intéressés
contacter moi en retour par le biais de mon adresse personnelle E-mail
: lucien.dxx@gmail.com
NB / Un crédit vous engage et doit être remboursé. Vérifiez vos
capacités de remboursement avant de vous engager.
Pas sérieux s’abstenir.
Mr COURET JEAN LUCIEN
English translation
Hello
I am French shareholder and financial operator in TOGO. I grant
1000 Euro Investment loans to Euro 300,000 with a rate
reasonable 2% with very simple conditions without problem. I
also do private investments of any kind in
Partnership with banking partners across space
Africa, our credit offers are provided by the bank
transaction security of any person. If you are interested
contact me back through my personal email address
: lucien.dxx@gmail.com
NB / A credit engages you and must be repaid. Check your
repayment abilities before you commit.
Not serious refrain.
Mr COURET JEAN LUCIEN
IP Address Analysis
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Why is this a loan scam?
- It was sent from a totally different email address to the one that you are asked to reply to.
- The email address used is a free Gmail address.
- The email was mass-mailed to many recipients using BCC.
- The email gives no indication of who is offering the loan, where they are based or who they are regulated by.
- The sender claims to be in Togo, but the email originated from Benin, which is a known Advance Fee Fraud hotspot.