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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: "Jim Pender" <mel0dy.cummings@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: yconnect@kimo.com
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 22:47:43 -0000
Subject: Inquiry about your product as advertised




Hi Sales!

How are you doing today! I'm very much interested in purchasing some of
your products but firstly i want to make an inquiry regarding the
following:


1) Do you accept credit cards for product shipment?
2) If yes what type of card do you accept?
3) Do you ship to England?
4) Can you work hand in hand with my freight forwarder personal shipping
agent? so they can Pickup the products directly from your location down to
us here Maidenhead England.

I look forward to your response. If your answer seems favourable to us
then we will do good business.

Yours sincerely
Jim Pender
(Owner)
Global Market Worldwide Inc.
Tel: +447087642976

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