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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: "JACKSON HOLDINGS LLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <princejackson908@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:47:35 -0700
Subject: OUR NEW ORDER

Dear Sir
 
However we have tried to send the picture samples by attachment to you, all effort fail abortive due to poor service of the internet here, so for easy viewing I have compress the product picture into our link, for  your view (ONLY) Please click on the link below to have a view of our designed samples
 
NB: Login to our link with your email information that will be used subsequently for our future email correspondences also to access the samples. We will also want you to quote your CIF, FOB prices & mode of payment and as well as delivery time period.
 
We are ready to place order immediately.
 
We are urgently looking for a reliable supplier for these projects.
 
Best regards
Prince Jackson
Website: http://princejackson.howtrade.com

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