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#3194 by Pinky Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:16 am
My degree is in English Teaching/Secondary Education, but to put myself through college I worked as a bank loan officer for 7 years. This stuff pains me to see. Not only is it an obvious scam, but no bank officer would last long doing business like this. The grammatical errors are in blue and the big financial red flags are in red:

From: "SpringHill Team" <springconsult> To: [email protected]

Subject: $$$$$Financial Loan Offer$$$$$$$
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:48:33 -0500

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Dear Intending Client,

We just came about your email address through an online email listing{http://ebay.com}We just thought that you might needed Financial Asistant and we would be very interested in offering you a Financial Loan that can allow you be on your own, We are Springhill Finance Inc,Springhill Park Realty Inc is an on-line trading name for Springhill Finance Inc; we specialised in giving Loan and Grants to individuals and corporate bodies, We can offer you a Loan (Personal Loan, Small and Large Business Loan, Home Loan and Project Financing Loan), suitable for your immediate needs, if you are interested in having it, we maintain our principal offices in London (England), Tamiami Trl Osprey, Florida (U.S.A),Westerly, Rhodes Island (U.S.A), and in Zurich (Switzerland), with the hope of opening more of Usa Offices in this year 2008.

What can be more devastating to have a vision but not the funds to make those vision a reality? We will Raise that capital you have been looking for, for those special programs/projects, we have been helping others that had been rejected by other loan company get their loan without blinking eye an lashes, our profiles speaks for us all over the world, We have a funding strategies that will allow you to get capital in the form of loan.Meeting your needs;We have a solution for nearly every situation,A leaky roof, tuition, an unforeseen bill, that big purchase, adding the deck you've always wanted, or just getting ahead on your monthly payments. Whatever your need, we've got your loan. Whether you are looking to tap into the money you've paid into your home, want to pay off high interest debt or are just looking for a small personal loan, Springhill Finance Inc offers a full spectrum of loan types to fit your needs.we know you might be feeling this is too good to be true but you need to just give it a try first and see for yourself what we get to offer.

We will offer you a Loan with a Low interest rate and we earn your business a very good Financial backups, Do contact us as soon as possible,if you are still very much interested in having the Loan. Get back to us.Our Branches are well connected for easier Financial services that delight our customers globally,So you can email us back as soon as you are through reading this email advert <-- This screams SCAM!

Nancy Blaisdell
Customer service Dept
Springhill Finance Inc
Tamiami TrlOsprey,
FL 34229 U.S.A.

Anything is possible!
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#3195 by ChrisSmith Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:52 pm
Terrible isn't it?

But what you've got to remember is that a lot of people who receive this scam letter, may not read or speak English very well. So even though you and I can laugh at it's errors, to some people it may seem very convincing. :(

Thanks for posting it. If you've got the full email address that it came from, feel free too post that as well. ;)

#3199 by SlayerFaith Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:47 pm
Here's another, from "Money Lender" <[email protected]>
Subj: LOAN OFFER FROM PETER JOHNSON, A LOAN BROKER
Hello,

I am Mr. PETER JOHNSON, a Reputable, Legitimate & an accredited money
Lender.I gives out loan to individuals and corporate bodies in need of
financial assistance. Do you have a bad credit or are you in need of
money to pay bills? I want to use this medium to inform you that i render
reliable beneficiary assistance as I'll be glad to offer you a loan at
3% interest rate. Provided you can repay the loan back to us at the
speculated time stated in the aggreement to be convinience to.

Services Rendered include:

*Refinance
*Home Improvement
*Inventor Loans
*Auto Loans
*Debt Consolidation
*Horse Loans
*Line of Credit
*Second Mortgage
*Business Loans
*Personal Loans
*International Loans Please write back if interested with the below
form accurately filled.

Upon your response, you 'll be mailed back asap.

Full Name*___________________________________
Contact Address*_________________________________
Age*________________________________________ __
Amount Needed*_____________________________________
Annual Income*________________________________________
Loan Purpose*__________________________
Loan Duration*_________________________________________
Occupation*_________________________________________
Place of work*__________________________________________
Position in Office*_________________________
Next Of Kin*____________________________________
Phone/Fax/Number*_______________________________________
Country/State*____________________________________________

(No social security and no credit check, 100% Guaranteed!)

I Look forward permitting me to be of service to you.

Sincerely,
P.J Management.

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