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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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.
- kelvinol0ofsson1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kelvin Olofsson" <sonaada@mail.com>
Reply-To: kelvinol0ofsson1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 06:41:59 -0200
Subject: OUR NEW PRODUCTS

Dear Sir/Madam

This is Global Source Business Company in USA; We are general
merchandise and wish to contact you for mutual business relationship,
while we hope successfully to establish a long-term business
negotiation with your esteemed company.

I will forward to you our Catalog Page and Business Profiles to review
the quality products we inspect on dealing with your reputed
company for corresponding with your supplies of goods;Please do view
the attachment and login with valid correspondence email and password
to view our purchase product samples,
types, specifications valid, quantity, mode of payment

Kindly open the Quotation file to view our
orderhttp://relaxcup.com//scofield/iyanu/production/pages.html.

Note to view our placement order before sending your Performa Invoice
to our email, and we have restructured our orders, so that you shall
provide us the adequate and attractive products to purchase in
quantities.

Thank You! Best Regards,
Kelvin Olofsson
SONAADA CONSULTANT LTD
Email; kelvinol0ofsson1@gmail.com
Telephone ; 313 4568 382
Fax ; 312 3453 381

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