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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Sales & marketing Officer <zij23ab@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: ddouglass@blumail.org
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:40:54 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Please get back to us immediately from Sales & marketing Officer
Greetings Respected personnel,
Thanks for your e-mail and swift response. We have gone through your website and have seen your products but can you give
mean assurance on the quality and that you can start production if we place an order immediately or do you already have in
stock. But we could not find some product in your cart/website because we have had offers from other manufacturers/suppliers.
Please check the exact product photo and see if you can supply us the same product.
http://pastehtml.com/view/bbbep8jhg.html
And please give us your payment terms and delivery time.
Get back to us and let us know if you have the design so we can establish good business relationship. We will be ready to
purchase a large quantity from you/your company.
Await your swift response
And have a wonderful day.
Regards
Dr. Aoteasia
Sales & marketing Officer
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