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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "thomas@malwatte.lk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "thomas@malwatte.lk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "thomas@malwatte.lk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- tony.albert365@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- content-disposition:inline reply-to: from: 'tony alber' subject: product (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Tony Alber" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tony.albert365@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 02:49:05 +0700
Subject: Product Wanted
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The attached message from Tony Alber <thomas@malwatte.lk> (<thomas@malwatte.lk>)
was determined by the Spam Blocker to be spam based on a score
of 17.5 where anything above 3.3 is spam.
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Content-Disposition:inline
Reply-To: <tony.albert365@gmail.com>
From: "Tony Alber"<thomas@malwatte.lk>
Subject: Product Wanted
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 02:49:05 +0700
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="Windows-1251"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor=#FFFFFF leftmargin=5 topmargin=5 rightmargin=5 bottommargin=5>
<FONT size=2 color=#000000 face="Arial">
<DIV>
Hello</DIV>
<DIV>
</DIV>
<DIV>
My Name is Tony Albert (American Citizen) a business consultant based in</DIV>
<DIV>
America. My search for a trustworthy Asian national led me to contact you</DIV>
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through the internet</DIV>
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</DIV>
<DIV>
My Proposal:There are multi-national pharmaceutical companies based in the</DIV>
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USA whom I would like you to stand as a middleman to procure some Raw</DIV>
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Materials in India and in Dubai. Some of these companies used to visit India and Dubai to</DIV>
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procures most of their raw materials since the past 5 years in huge</DIV>
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quantity.</DIV>
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</DIV>
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The companies pay for the materials on Cash on Delivery (C.O.D.) basis upon</DIV>
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verification of the product.</DIV>
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</DIV>
<DIV>
I am looking for a reliable person/businessman that understands the local</DIV>
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languages and business ettiquetes of India and Dubai who will assist me in</DIV>
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contacting the local dealer of this product in India and stand in as direct</DIV>
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local reseller on specific mutually agreed terms and conditions.</DIV>
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</DIV>
<DIV>
I have called the local dealer many times, but could not understand the</DIV>
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local language or my accent wasn't comprehensible to him. Thus, your role</DIV>
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would be to negotiate with them and stand in as the reseller to our buyers.</DIV>
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</DIV>
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The profit will be shared equally.</DIV>
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</DIV>
<DIV>
This proposal is 100% risk free and will be another income generating</DIV>
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business outside your specialization.</DIV>
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</DIV>
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I will give you more details of this proposal the moment I hear from you.</DIV>
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</DIV>
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I await your urgent response, to my email</DIV>
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Best Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>
Tony Albert</DIV>
<DIV>
Email: tony.albert365@aol.com</DIV>
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