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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: "PAUL WALKERS" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:17:46 -0800
Subject: ORDER ITEMS IN YOUR COMPANY/STORE

Hi! Sales,



How are you doing today! I'm interested in purchasing some of your products

but firstly i want to make an inquiry if you can ship directly to Cook Islands,





1. Do you have POS machine to charge credit card?

2. Do you accept master and visa credit card payment?

3. Do you ship to Cook Islands or accept private pick up by our forwarder?

4. Can you send me your website to view your products?

5. Can you send me your wholesale price sheet if possible?





Kindly email me if this is possible to ship to us with out any problem.



I will await your reply Asap,



Thank you

PAUL WALKER

546 Clarkes Building, Parekura, Rarotonga, Cook Islands


Reply to my email address below



Email::pawalker00zz@live.com



Tel.:682 87 234 467

Fax: 682 22 454 996

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