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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: MRS LINDA GRACE ANTONIO <mrslindagraceantonioantonio@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:31:53 +0100
Subject: Dear Sales Manager,

Dear Sales Manager,

This is Maza, the Sales Manager of Stock Pile LTD, Thailand. We are an
US based B2B Platform.
We are in the process of gathering various types of trade-able goods
for various international markets like USA, UK, India, Germany,
Australia and various other Asian & European countries.

We offer great interest to do a purchase agreement with your company.
Please get back to us with
the following information

1,Minimum Order
2,Payment Terms
3,Product Specification
4,Delivery Time
5,Country Of Origin
6,Sample Availability
7,Is Your Price Negotiable?

We would need a quick reply to our email address ,, gabemma@outlook.fr ,,

Brst Regards,
Mr Gab Peter,

3909 Witmer Road.
Niagara Falls, NY 1430, United State of America,

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