Loan Scam – afriloanemail@email.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
Subject: Apply Now @ Afri Loan To: Recipients <Lg29.auxgerencia@lojasguaibim.com.br> From: Afri Loan <Lg29.auxgerencia@lojasguaibim.com.br> Reply-To: loanapplicants@email.com
Email body
Sir/Madam.
Take advantage of our special 3.5% personal loans and 5.0% business loans to avoid that financial hurdle.
Our loans are designed specially to ease your financial burdens. We offer business, personal, debt consolidation and agricultural loans at an affordable fixed interest rate with a flexible repayment period of up to 20 years. We also assist contractors and farmers to acquire their own machinery.
For more information about us and our loans, kindly take a look at our attached flyer and apply now for immediate response.
Afri Loan
AFRI LOAN (PTY) LTD
3rd floor, 2 Hodgson Street Roodepoort 1724
+27730896328 Fax: +27864886884 afriloanemail@email.com
NCR Registration No. NCRCP12178 Legal Registration No. : 2017/010667/07
Old Office 82 Nojdi Street Somerset East 5850
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 email.com address.
- The email was mass-mailed to many recipients using BCC.
- The email originated from South Africa, which is a known Advance Fee Fraud hotspot.