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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Poorna Chandran <poorna@sreelakshmiagencies.co.in>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:13:39 +0100
Subject: purchase ordrer
Dear Sir,
Greetings from Kamachi General Trading Co.
We are an international trading company with our head office in Turkey and
we got your contact address from one of your customer, we would like to
place an immediate order with your company. Before we do this, we would
like to get your best price and delivery lead time on the products to
enable us conclude our purchase order.
Please follow our site provided below and sign in with your correct email
and password to get access to our website and view the items that we want
to purchase from your company because your business email account has been
configured to work with the link in other to straighten our security.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR NEEDED SAMPLES
<http://cleanpressok.besaba.com/sample>
or you can sign in here
cleanpressok.besaba.com/sample
We shall be expecting your urgent reply and hope for a good and long
business cooperation between us.
With best regards,
Sabri Mutlu
Procurement Manager
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