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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: "Al-Ghusain Gen. Trad. & Cont. Est" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsroseb@yeah.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:08:17 +0200
Subject: This is our March/April Order,

 
Dear ,
Request you to quote your BEST price for shipment of the attached product
specification.
It is very urgent please. This is our March/April Order.
Awaiting your early response.
Thanks & Regards
Stanley D' Souza
Sales Manager
Al-Ghusain Gen. Trad. & Cont. Est
P.O.Box: 5549, Safat 13056, Kuwait
Tel: (965) 2240-6180 ;  Fax: (965) 2240-6307
email: rayskt@rays-kt.com ;  Web: www.rayskt.com
 

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