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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: "Stefan Kembe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <scantravel51546@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 06:52:15 -0000
Subject: URGENT ORDER


<span style="font-size:12pt;">Hello,</span><br><div id="yiv1162438844yui_3_7_2_1_1352841454358_107" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div id="yiv1162438844yui_3_7_2_1_1352841454358_106" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div id="yiv1162438844"><br>We wonder why your company has not responded to our previous mails regarding our new bulk order of your product. We are interested
in your product. We want to purchase most of your items and would like to know if they are very much available, and how much discounts are you willing to offer? Your terms of payment.<br><br>Click on view samples and login to view Products.<br><br><a id="yui_3_7_2_1_1354719798082_519" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://givetome.tk/product14859/index.php"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1354720425_0">VIEW SAMPLES</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or copy link and paste to browser&nbsp;&nbsp; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://givetome.tk/product14859/index.php"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1354720425_1">http://givetome.tk/product14859/index.php</span></a><br><br>Note: please enter a valid email and password because an email of the sample will be sent to this
email address<br>Sign in your email address to view the sample request
file.<br><br>Awaiting your response as we have a project that must be executed soonest.<br><br>Have a wonderful day.<br><br>Regards<br><br>Regards<br>Stefan Kembe<br><span style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;color:rgb(64, 0, 127);">Purchasing Manager.</span><br style="color:rgb(64, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;color:rgb(64, 0, 127);">Danielov Company Limited </span><br style="color:rgb(64, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;color:rgb(64, 0, 127);">D.J. Bunschotenstraat 14, 7471 CZ Goor</span><br style="color:rgb(64, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;color:rgb(64, 0, 127);">PO BOX 177, 7470 AD Goor</span><br style="color:rgb(64, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;color:rgb(64, 0, 127);">Netherlands</span><br style="color:rgb(64, 0,
127);"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;color:rgb(64, 0, 127);">Tel. +31 (0) 547 280 806</span>
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