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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: "Manotosh Adhikary" <abc@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 23:52:17 -0700
Subject: Proforma Invoice (PI) for Besler Trading Co. (BD) Ltd.


Dear Sir,
Wish you a nice day on behalf of Emkay Enterprises Limited.

Please find the attachment & send a PI for Besler Trading Co. (BD) Ltd. wit=
h CBM & Weight today.

Remember, CBM & Weight is so important. If not possible to inform CBM & Wei=
ght, then please details about container cost.
=


Thanks & Regards,
Manotosh Adhikary
Cell:- 017 66 66 69 95
e-mail :- manotosh@emkayenterprise.com
=


A J HEIGHTS, Cha-72/1/D,Level-3, Pragati Sharani,
Uttar Badda, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
=


Branch Office:
Jumairah Raisa, (8th Floor), Flat#09, 15 Mehedibagh, Chittagong-4000.
Please consider your environmental responsibility.

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