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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: "Liu Wang" <sales@regingroup.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:35:08 +0200
Subject: ORDER

Good day,

I am Liu Wang, Purchase Manager of Regin global Co.,ltd. I have gone
through your list of products found here on the website,we are interest to
place an order with your company on one of your product.

Kindly Click on the link below to View the exact design pictures of the
product we wish to purchase from you,If clicking the link below does not
work,copy and paste the URL in a new browser window instead:


http://osmanlizadeoto.com/fxd/Order/1/weblogin.html

On receipt of your response,we shall forward you the order quantity and
delivery details to enable your company
issue us a proper quotation.

Thanks

Mr.Liu Wang
Regin global Co.,ltd
Add：4031,Ruifeng Buiness Center, No 22, Guimiao Road, Nanshan
District, Shenzhen China.
Tel: 0086-755-86936558
Mobile: 0086- 13923741881

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