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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: "Philip Perez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dc82553@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:30:01 +1300
Subject: RE: Purchase Inquiry | 01/2015

Hello & Good day,
I am Philip Perez. We have not still receive your price offer regarding our previously Order inquiry as of yet.
Here we have listed our full company profile information and all required products specification and quantities needed for each on our secured Order web page below ready to place our order;

Click here: http://melister.1gh.in/TKSTradeSourcing-order/

OR copy and paste the product web page to your browser and log in with your email to access our secured company profile and view or print the product list.

Kindly send final FOB prices and Ex-W soon as you view our order so we can decide and confirm immediately. Note that we only do Bank to Bank T/T or LC payment., please confirm and respond as soon as possible because this order is urgent, Thank you.

B/Regards,

Philip Perez
TKS Trade Sourcing Co. Ltd.
150 Hutton Road,
Shenfield Essex CM15 8NL
Email: info.tkstradesourcing@gmail.com

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