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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "lomonaco-groupltd@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "lomonaco-groupltd@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: LO MONACO GROUP LTD <msadeq-alsourayia.sa@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <lomonaco-groupltd@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 08:22:10 +0100
Subject: WE WANT TO ORDER OF YOUR PRODUCT
Dear friend!
Happy new year
to you.
Am agata sargio sales manager of LO MONACO TRADING INC company located in SPAIN/DUBAI. We
Wish to make
some large purchase from your company, some of your items as sampled in your website.
We would appreciate your early reply to us in our sales email:(lomonaco-groupltd@outlook.com)
Our purchase order and specifications will be
sent to you upon receipt
of your MOQ, price list, payment terms to email
as
Add me on skype
so that we can talk better there!!!!!!!
Await your
reply urgently so as to place an order
Have a
wonderful day.
Best Regards,
AGATA
Purchase
Manager
LO MONACO GROUP
LTD
lomonaco-groupltd@outlook.com
skype:AGATA.SARGIO
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