Loan Scam – tmhystrn1@yahoo.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: Herbert Markus <tmhystrn1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: tmhystrn1@yahoo.com
Subject: LOAN

Email body

We give non-recourse loan with minimum of $500,000 and awesome maximum of $45B, annual interest is 2% starting from the second year and loan duration is 10 years before renewal of the contract.

Regards,
Herbert Markus
Loan Financial Broker

Why is this a loan scam?

• The email address used is a free Yahoo address.
• The email gives no indication of who is offering the loan, where they are based or who they are regulated by.
• The ridiculous upper amount of loan being offered.