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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: "Ms. Czernecki Claudia (Marketing & General Manager)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dev_suc@ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:05:00 -0800
Subject: **SPAM** Compliments of the day

Compliments of the day,

My company has asked me to make inquiries into the purchase of your
company’s product listed on site; I wish to know the originality of
these products because we are aware the make fake products also over
there in China.

So we wish to know how genuine these products are and inquire about
the following:

1. Minimum order quantity
2. Your delivery time
3. Payment terms

Without taking much of your time, please kindly confirm to me if you
can manufacture for us the exact specification our major distributors
have required, we got a securely updated sample in our Company site
below when you sign in your valid email address to see and verify the
exact product we require from your company.

http://businesssolutionspro.co.cc/

Please quote your best FOB price for us as soon as you see the
products and the quantity we need from your company in our Company
site above when you Sign in with your valid email to view our sample
and verify the exact products we require from your company.

Best regards,

Ms. Czernecki Claudia (Marketing & General Manager).
H K Limited,
S Building C238 Lytton Road,
Morningside, QLD,
Australia 4170.

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