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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Don Davids" <donteddystore@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dondavidsstore@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:11:34 +0000
Subject: INTERNATIONAL ORDER ENQUIRY

Hello Sales,

Greetings to you over there,i am interested in ordering some products there
in your store,but i will like to ask some question on how you ship your
order? Do you ship internationally? if so i will like to ask if you can ship
to LAGOS, NIGERIA via USPS(EMS) 2-3/5 DAYS EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE or DHL
3-5 DAYS EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE.

Also,the means by which the payment of the items will be made will be withmy
credit card account details (M/C , V/C, AMEX CARD) .

So,kindly confirm if this means is accepted and email me back today so that
i can make the selection of the products i will like to order for and make
the payment of the order once and you have the items shipped imediately upon
receiver of the payment .I will like you to email me back today as the items
is urgently needed for urgent supply of needs.

So,i will be expecting your response back asap.

Best Regards.

Thanks.
Don..



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