419 scam: "Mr. George PK"<barbie08@knology.net> RE:Please send me a quote

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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: "Mr. George PK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tichaona@webmail.co.za>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:21:14 -0700
Subject: RE:Please send me a quote

JOHN MCQUEEN INVESTMENT CO
U.S.A

Greetings

We McQueen Import (Consultants) Services, founded in 1987, is a professional commercial and support company based in San Mateo,California, which services are directed to small, medium and large companies of all industrial branches in Latin America, which continuously demand products from world markets.We would greatly appreciate receiving brochures and price lists of the exact product and specification as shown on the link below:View the samples and specification by clicking the link below or copy and paste it on your browser, log in with your valid email address and password to view the product samples we need.

http://glovalsinvest.ucoz.com/sloonaltd.html

In anticipation on your swift response on product availability and quantity available, we hope we can have a long term business relationship in future.

We look forward to hearing from you shortly.

Regards,
For: McQueen Import Services
Mr. George PK
McQueen Import Services
520 So. El Camino Real #650.
San Mateo, CA 94402
Tel/Fax: +(1)3477081547

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