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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: "Ali Al Mughanni" <xx@yy>
Reply-To: tradingglobal55@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:11:16 +0200
Subject: RFQ 6100021192


Dear Sir/Madam,
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Hope my email will find you well
We kindly request you to submit your quotation as Per Detailed in the atta=
ched File.
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For line item ( Lenght more than 12 Inch will be accapted ) =

With Kind Regards,
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Ali Al Mughanni
P. O Box 50177| Hidd| Kingdom of Bahrain =

Bahrain Steel BSCC (E.C) | Sulb Company B.S.C Closed
Tel : +973 17 352359
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ou have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sende=
r by reply email message and delete all copies of this message. =

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ree. We do not accept liability for any harm to any recipient, party, syste=
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