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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Dimitri Trofim <uretim@avivamobilya.com.tr>
Reply-To: dimitri.trofim@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 13:58:45 -0700
Subject: Commodities Trading Opportunities
Attention: Sir
Re:Commodities Trading Opportunities
It is my pleasure to introduce my self to you. My name is Mr Dimitri
Trofim. My Associate here in Russia has mandated me to contact you.
Based on your Company's activities he want to Invest 450Million
U$Dollars in your country. Part of the funds has already been use to
purchase Large Volume of Mazut100, Russian D2.
Then Fertilizer ,Sunflower Oil and Sugar from Companies in Ukraine.
Since this is part of your area of business, are you interested in
selling these products for us in your country and also going into Joint
Venture partnership.
If you are interested then let me know so i can provide you with more
details to enable us to proceed.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours truly,
Mr Dimitri Trofim
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