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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.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: Purchasing Operations Manager <kelvinshore94@gmail.com>
Reply-To: noreply@yahoocustomerservice.com
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:14:06 +0200
Subject: New Order
Good Day
My Company want to purchase a good worth ($ 150,000 USD) in you
company.. We planned to give our customers the best of all product
production to enable a good sale this year and also add more new product to
burst our sales record.
To view the photo and the size you need to click the link below, login
your email ID and password for quick and easy view to the picture and
get back me with you total quotations and Performa invoice.
Click the Link: www.trustsites.cwsurf.de/samples.html
Please get back to me as soon as possible.
Best Regards
Jacky Lee
Tel : +86-21-59745010
Fax : +86-21-59741287
Mob :+86-18721967805
Shanghai Bangpu Industrial Group Co.,ltd
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