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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: "AIRTRANS CARGO LLC." <operations@airtranscargollc.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:57:09 +0300
Subject: SHIPPING DOCUMENT// MV SABRINA, AIRTRANS CARGO LLC, DUBAI

Good day,

FYI, we got instruction from our client to contact you based on the
above subject

We kindly ask you to reconfirm shipping documents asap and revert back
immediately before goods are dispatched.

Kindly confirm that the details are correct.

Awaiting your response.

Best regards


Prajith N.K
(operation manager)

AIRTRANS CARGO LLC.
Land: +971 4 2824146
Fax: +971 4 2824149
Airtrans Cargo - Dubai
Office # 3024, Air Cargo Terminal Building
Dubai Cargo Village, Post Box 293072
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
email: operations@airtranscargollc.com
Website:www.airtranscargollc.com

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