419 scam: "Phurase Manager"<data@keyin.cn> PLACING ORDER

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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: "Phurase Manager" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andreaqroup1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:35:19 -0700
Subject: PLACING ORDER

Good day .

We are sorry for our late reply to your email, we are from West India Exports Pvt. Ltd.

Thank you for your response to our enquiry.Your business email account has been configured to work with the link. All you need to do is to login with your company correct email address that you are using in corresponding with us) fill your company correct email address and your password, which will redirect you to our PO page.Our PO file is too large to send as attachment and here is our link.



Click the link or copy and paste :   http://tinyurl.com/ctrzxk4

All sizes and specifications are detailed in the PO.



kindly view our order before sending your Proforma Invoice, but note thatwe have restructured our order so our first order will not exceed

$185,000.00

Thanks,

Purchase Manager.

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