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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.
- 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.
- dr.jeffhatts01@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr.Jeff Hatts" <wbmarketing@wb.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dr.jeffhatts01@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 08:06:14 -0800
Subject: Attention Sir/Madam
Attention Sir/Madam,
I got your contact from a business directory and I decided to contact
you for a business proposal with my company.
My company (Travercine Vaccine Inc.) is into manufacturing of
pharmaceutical materials. There are some pharmaceutical raw materials
which i usually purchase on behalf of my company from India for the
past 3 years.
Presently I have being promoted to the post of General
Manager(Admin.)hence my company can no longer send me to India, to buy
the materials because of my new position as GM(Admin).The director of
my company has asked me for the contact of the supplier in India,
which i am yet to give to him. I need a reliable businessman whom I
will present to the company as the supplier in India to enable the
management to contact him to confirm availability of materials and
issue him an Official Purchase Order to source the materials for my
company in India.
The business is risk free and the profit margin is very high, we will
share the profit between us in any successful transaction.If you have
the capacity and interest to handle the business, kindly contact me
for more details via my personal Email: dr.jeffhatts01@gmail.com
Thanks & Regards,
Dr Jeff Hatts.
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