419 scam: "Alfred Webster"<alfredwebster@ozu.es> URGENT

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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: "Alfred Webster" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <faxemail@ozu.es>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 04:22:53 -0000
Subject: URGENT

We are interested in making huge volume purchase of your products. Quality and delivery is very essential to us, in line with our operational policies we would like you to see our specifications and quality before placing any orders. To proceed, we invite you to view the specific and detailed description and drawing of the products which we want you to supply to avoid mistakes. Kindly click on the link below and log in for your privacy to view the product details which are all marked in red ink. We would like you to confirm if your company can deliver the exact same quality shown on the page after login. While we wait your response, be informed that we do not compromise on quality.
Please click on the link below to view our quality specifications:

http://productpage.us.cloudlogin.co/

If the page does not display, please copy and paste the link to your address bar of you browser. Anticipating your expedited response after log in and viewing the product sample, please include the following in your reply:
- Your minimum order quantity.
- Your FOB Prices and FOB Port.
- Your estimated delivery time.

Sincerely,
Alfred Webster
(Sales Manager)

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam