Loan Scam – finance.bolivia@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: Douglas Davis <finance.bolivia@gmail.com>
Subject: Sie suchen finanzielle Unterstützung?
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Bcc: [Redacted]

Email body

Guten Morgen,

Benötigen Sie oder Ihr Unternehmen eine Art Geschäftsdarlehen, Investitionsdarlehen, Wohnungsbaudarlehen, Projektdarlehen, Unternehmensdarlehen? Wenn ja, senden Sie uns den benötigten Betrag und das Jahr, in dem Sie das Darlehen zurückzahlen.

Alle Antworten sind an diese E-Mail zu senden: finance.bolivia@gmail.com

Schöne Grüße,
Herr Bolivien
Operations Manager

Translation to English

Good Morning,

Do you or your company need some kind of business loan, investment loan, home loan, project loan, corporate loan? If so, send us the required amount and the year in which you repay the loan.

All answers should be sent to this e-mail: finance.bolivia@gmail.com

Best regards,
Mr. Bolivia
Operations Manager

Why is this a loan scam?

• 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.