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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: "Aljabr Trading Company Ltd." <micajatk@att.net>
Reply-To: atonwalee@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:20:17 +0000
Subject: We are really interested in your product


Hello,

This is Mrs. Onwa Lee. From Aljabr Trading Company Ltd, We are really
interested in your product being advertise in IM,i will like to know
more about your company especially how good your products are for my
company to go into a good business relationship with your company.I
await to have your urgent reply to proceed.

Waiting for your urgently reply to proceed.

Mrs. Onwa Lee
Purchasing Manager
Aljabr Trading Company Ltd.
Address: 12 Tallal Bin
Rasheed Street, Rawdah,
Riyadh 1146, Saudi Arabia
E-MAIL: atonwalee@gmail.com
http://aljabrtradingcompany.weebly.com

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