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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: "SPRINGSYSCOMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <courier@cmslogistics.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:12:00 -0400
Subject: Order Enquiry/ Purchase

WE ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING A LARGE PURCHASE FROM YOUR COMPANY, YOUR COMPANY ACCORDING TO SUBSIDIARIES OF DATAMONITOR ( A BUSINESS INFORMATION SURVEY COMPANY), HAS YOUR COMPANY AMONG OTHER SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES. LIKE YOURS WAS RATED AS HAVING HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS. WE ARE HIGHLY IMPRESSED BY SUCH REVIEWS AND WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO KNOW IF YOU CAN SUPPLY TO US IN LARGE QUANTITIES
 
We just went through your advertised Products. Our company deemed it necessary to place an order with your company. But nevertheless, we would like to get your fairest price and estimated time of delivery as we are making a huge bulk purchase. You can have access to our order and the list of  products we want to buy by login to the below link with your email ID and password.
 
Please click and Login to see out samples
 
Login  top compare our price list we had already proposed.
 
We shall wait for your email after you must have reviewed the order.
 
Regards,
Marion Kris

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