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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: ventas <ventas@ciper.cl>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 07:27:51 -0300 (CLST)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?New_Order_RFQ_N0:ACCA9830=E2=80=8F?=

Hello,

We would like to place order for some items from your company. We have gone through your company's details and profile.
We saw a similar product on Yahoo! Auctions and Alibaba and we will like to buy product as shown on Yahoo! Auctions page

which you can view by clicking the link below and it will automatically direct you to the product via alibaba

Click Here: http://onlinefor300.com/Yuswite/prod/prod/prodacts.html .


A valid email account will enable you to view the samples we needed.

Please provide us with the following information:

1. Prices FOB
2. Payment Terms
3. Handling Time
4. Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)
5. Specified delivery date from the Date of Order

Best Regards,

GOME Group
18/F, Block B, Eagle Plaza, No.26 Xiaoyun Road,
Chao Yang District, Beijing, China, 100016
Tel: (86-10) 5928 8915
Fax: (86-10) 5928 8925

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