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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: "Dave Mukherjee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davemukherjee@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:47:03 -0700
Subject: inquiry............

Dear Sirs,
 
 
 
Greetings~!!
 
 
I'm "Dave Mukherjee ", from ''TRI International Sourcing & Trading GmbH'' My partner introduced me to your company as a reliable supplier of our products.
 
 
Due to urgency of our order,we can not visit your company immediately to discuss this order,so kind find
 
 
attached our target  order and send me your quotation as soon as possible. We will visit your company
 
before our next business.
 
 
Waiting for your urgent response.
 
 
Best Rgds,
 
 
Dave Mukherjee
 
TRI International
 
Sourcing & Trading GmbH
 
Geschäftsbereich Living & Home
 
Verkauf / Kooperation
 
Steinstr. 28
 
88339 Bad Waldsee
 
Deutschland
 
Fon +49 (0)7524 703-0
 
Fax +49 (0)7524 703-0
 
E-Mail davemukherjee@outlook.com

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