Loan Scam – adrfarhad@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: LOAN INVESTMENT <adrfarhad@gmail.com>
Subject: Benötigen Sie einen Geschäftskredit?
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Bcc: [REDACTED]

Email body

Guten Morgen,

Wir sind ein staatlich anerkanntes Kreditunternehmen und bieten alle Arten von Geschäftskrediten, Investitionskrediten, Wohnungsbaukrediten, Projektkrediten, Unternehmenskrediten an.

Herr Wolfgang

English translation from German

Good morning,

We are a government-approved lending company and offer all types of business loans, investment loans, home loans, project loans, corporate loans.

Mr Wolfgang

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.