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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: "Ms.Cecilia Valdemar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <starmagetrade@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:11:41 -0700
Subject: Re: PO# 327158

I Am Ms.Cecilia Valdemar from Suntonik Global Creations. Ltd we are wholesale trading company specialized in sourcing and procurement of products. We have corporation with another company who introduce your product on site to us and will like to make a purchase for our customer.

Check our Company website sample link with our Products specifications and PO# 327158 below; ( www.sales.elvismarketing.zwr.org)

And kindly login your email and password to view it to access and download all Purchase Order documents and Quote for all items in the Purchase Order ,please quote your bottom price FOB Winnipeg port, your MOQ and lead time.

Hope you can confirm us ASAP. We thank you in advance for your early reply.

Regards,

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Best Regards,
Ms.Cecilia Valdemar
Purchasing Manager
Suntonik Global Creations
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Address: #1529 Connecticut Ave NW suburb
Washington, District Of Columbia,
Zip Code: 20036,
P.O. Box 795
Phone: (573) 815-1709
Fax: (573) 815-1702
Email: starmagetrade@yahoo.com
Website: http://suntoniksms.com/

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