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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: AKIN <amelia@uptop.cn>
Reply-To: <akinmoha@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:21:00 -0600
Subject: REP NEEDED.>>

Hello

It is my pleasure to announce to you we require a debt collector/investment blueprint representative for China Textiles Ltd in your country.On commission basis a 5% is set aside for collection rep for every collection made on each client.

If you are interested please reply for more details.Sincerely,.


D Desmond

本邮件载有秘密信息,请您恪守保密义务。未经许可不得披露、使用或允许他人使用。谢谢合作。
This email contains confidential information. Recipient is obliged to keep the information confidential. Any unauthorized disclosure, use, or distribution of the information in this email is strictly prohibited. Thank you.

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