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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. Monica Sari " <info@dakas.com.vn>
Reply-To: harsh.majmudar.tsilbrd@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 22:20:02 +0000
Subject: Re:Invoice


Good Morning, =


Sorry for late reply, I called your office number but no responds why?. =


Kindly Check why the two Invoice you send to us has different Bank details.=
After you send invoice to us, we receive another invoice with different Ban=
k details. =


Confirm and send me the Correct Bank details in a revised invoice because w=
e already apply for the transfer. =


Attached is the TT Application copy we submitted to the bank today and also=
the Invoice you send us but with different account details. =


And please use the below mentioned address (TAWASUL EXPORT GMBH,STADTHAUSBR=
UCKE 12,D-20355 HAMBURG) for sending the documents. =


Regarding to our last order, Please note that the amount outstanding as of =
13 July 2016 is USD 32,613.00. =


The above amount is calculated as follows: =


Value of the goods shipped to you: USD 9,950.00 =

79.029 MT in 4 containers @ USD 3000 per MT - USD 11,050.00 =

43.886 MT in 2 trucks @ USD 2950 per MT - USD 12,463.00 =

44 MT in 2 trucks @ USD 2950 per MT - USD 12,000.00 =


Value of the amounts we transfered is: USD $35,513.00 =

PMT 1 - USD 9,950.00 =

PMT 2 - USD 12,463.00 =

PMT 3 - USD 12,000.00 =


Please kindly reconfirm the Bank details now so that we will proceed with t=
he transfer. =


Thank you and have a good day. =


Monica Sari =


TAWASU EXPORT GmbH =


Telefon: +49 40 32 81 10 - 64 =

Telefax: +49 40 32 81 10 - 17 =

Mit freundlichen Gr??en / Kind regards/ Cordialement, i.A. Gasimiah =


Diese E-Mail enth?lt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich gesch?tzte Information=
en. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese =

E-Mail irrt?mlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender=
und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie =

die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail oder von Teilen dieser Mail ist nicht =
gestattet

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