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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: "metroexpand3@libero.it" <metroexpand3@libero.it>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:08:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Urgent order



Greetings

My name is Mrs. Shirley Lawe, Purchasing manager of "Metroexpand General
Trading And macoba group Ltd,
Malaysia", My partner recommended your company to us as a reliable supplier
of our products.
Due to urgency of our order,we can not visit your company to discuss this
order,so kindly check the attached inquiries with pictures and send me your
quotation and quote your best FOB & CIF price as soon as possible.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Best Rgds,
Mrs. Shirley Lawe,

Metroexpand General Trading,
Address: Lot 127220, Kawasan Perusahaan Kanthan, P.O. Box 20, 32200
Chemor, Perak D.R.,Malaysia
Phone: 6-05-2013687
Fax: 6-05-2013627
www.metroexpand.com.my

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