Loan Scam – valleriaali67@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

Reply-To: valleriaali67@gmail.com
From: Ruth <akheretemplegound@gmail.com>
Subject: DO YOU NEED A LOAN?
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Bcc: [Redacted]

Email body

I am Vera Lopez by name, I live in California, United State Of America, who have been a scam victim to so many fake lenders online between February last year till january this year but i thank my creator so much that he has finally smiled on me, by directing me to this new lender who put a smile on my face this year 2019 and he did not scam me and also by not deceiving or lying to me but however this lender whose name is Mrs Valeria Ali gave me 2% loan which amount is $960,000 Dollars after my agreement to their company terms and conditions and one significant thing i love about this loan company is that they are fast and reliable too, so my brothers and sisters you can contact the company directly via there company email: valleriaali67@gmail.com

Why is this a loan scam?

• The email address used is a free Gmail address.
• The email used to send the message uses a different name to the body of the email.
• 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.