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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:
- 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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr. Jason Redmond" <sam@wing442.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <drjasonredmond@live.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:02:37 +0530
Subject: Urgent business
Hello, I am contacting you regarding a business opportunity with my company. We are into the manufacturing of pharmaceutical materials.There is a raw material which the company used to send me to buy from India, but recently I was promoted to the post of a manager. Because of my promotion, the company cannot send me to India anymore; they will send a more junior staff. The director has asked for the contact of the supplier of the pharmaceutical materials in India . I need a person I will present to the company as the supplier in India. You will now buy the product from the local dealer and supply to my company. The profit would be shared between you and I. Why I don't want the company to have direct contact of the local dealer is that, I don't want the company to know the actual price I was buying the product. If you are interested kindly contact me for more details.
Thanks and Regards,
Dr. Jason Redmond
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