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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "AshTech" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tclegg2015@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:22:13 +0100
Subject: Ashtech Needs your service
Ashtech lighting Works is a United Kingdom company that is Limited that provides expertise in designing and developing innovative and contemporary visual light-emitting diode (LED) screens and facades for installation across a range of indoor and outdoor venues such as major football stadiums, soccer stadiums, urban landscapes and national sporting venues which are typically ultra large solutions
The company is looking for representatives for a distribution services agreement in North America.
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Due to the political situation of the united kingdom regarding our exit from Europe (Brexit)we have decided to reach out to other continents with our products especially North America and we see North America as a growth opportunity for our company products as they are competitively priced and they also use low energy as we can also combine our products with renewable energy source on request and we need representatives that would work on commission basis to expand our customer base and also receive payments on our behalf in the united states for our products.
If interested reply this email so we can discuss with you further.
Thomas Clegg
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