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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- rosario.cifreceramica@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Asheem <kongohotel@hot.ee>
Reply-To: <rosario.cifreceramica@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 23:05:17 -0800
Subject: Can i trust =?UTF-8?Q?you=3F?=
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Hi,
Am using my personal email to discuss this with you and let me know if
you are interested. It does not have to affect your professional
business and it does not need you traveling anywhere hence it can be
done on telephone.
Actually, i work in a department that deals on servicing of oil and Gas
pipeline. There is one chemical called crystal diamond mixture which is
used for the servicing and maintenance of Oil pipelines. Our company
normally purchase it from a firm in China but unfortunately the company
closed six months ago and our company has run short of the Crystal
Diamond Mixture. I was privileged to locate a company in Turkey that has
the Crystal Diamond Mixture and also sell at a cheaper price of 100
Euros per gram against 250 Euros our company used to buy from China.
The deal now is that our purchasing manager wants me to give him the
contact of the company so that he can purchase direct from the company.
If I give him the contact of the company he will purchase direct from
the company at the rate of 100 Euros while I have told him 250 Euros as
the price we buy from China.
Please I need your cooperation and trust so that you will stand as the
seller of the crystal mixture, buy from the turkey company at 100euros
and sell to the company i work for at the rate of 250 Euros . Both of us
will then share the profit of 150 Euros of each gram 50-50. This is a
long time
transaction which may last for years and I know a minimum order of 50kg
is always required in each purchase. Kindly think about the proposal and
if you are interested please get back to me immediately because it is
urgent.
This proposal shall be strictly between me and you.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Asheem
email; rosario.cifreceramica@gmail.com
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