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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: Prince Khan Handie <handie@indo.net.id>
Date: 23 Mar 2020 16:37:47 +0100
Subject: COVID:19 - FACIAL MASKS NEW ORDER

Dear Sirs,

We are working for philanthropist around the globe and we are helping to import and export facial masks to regions in the Asian Continents and more in the West African Countries where facilities are very limited and out of reach to most individuals. That's the only way we could extend our helping hands to the less privileged in the world. 

We are looking forward to placing an order of 10 million pieces of facial mask to help prevent innocent individuals from contacting the deadly virus know as COVID: 19 via the use of facial masks.

Kindly, give your best quote FOB price for this 10 million pieces of facial masks and also let us know in your reply the delivery period and payment terms as you know this is a very urgent order.

We are looking forward to your reply ASAP.


Regards,
Import and Export Manager/Distributor
Prince Khamal Handie
UAE
+91 40 66151234 Ext: 4038511

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