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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: "Ahsan Riaz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alarakwazy@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:53:57 +0300
Subject: RFQ FOR 110 VDC SYSTEM : GHARO PROJECT - 65 MGD

Good Day.
 
 
Hope you will be good.
 
 
We need to submit proposal to our customer regarding 110V Dc System.
 
 
Please find attached files and quote us accordingly.
 
 
Waiting for your early response.
 
 
   Regards
 
Ahsan Riaz
 
Service Engineer
 
 
Plant Reliability Solution International (Pvt) Ltd  |
 
Office # 1, 2nd Floor, Rehman Arcade, Airline Society, Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road, Near UCP Lahore.
 
V: +92-42-35978856-57
 
F: +92-42-35229543
 
M:+92-333-6263253
 
W: www.prsipl.com
 
E:  prs@prsipl.com
 
Description: cid:image001.png@01D33399.218A9720
 
Information in this email and any attachment is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed or otherwise directed. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Company. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.
 
 
 
“This email is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal offence. Please delete if obtained in error and email confirmation to the sender.”

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