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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: Terry White <james.will100@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.agentterrywhite@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 04:04:27 -0800
Subject: We are interested in your product

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Dear Sir/Madam,

We are interested in your product, please can you send us your product
clarification / specification and your price list it

is a bulk order.

Please send me your product details, minimum order, terms of payment
and preferably your product catalog with detailed

specifications and THEREFORE please your product price list should
understand be send to me by PDF Document for easy open.

Looking forward to hearing from you and to Establishing a good
business relationship with you.

Yours Faithfully,

Regards,
Mr. Terry White
IAM consultants, Ltd
No.115 Makola Road,
Accra-Ghana

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