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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: "Sales Department" <accounts@vmc1981.com>
Date: 24 Oct 2018 03:36:12 -0700
Subject: Re : Kindly send us quotation with items listed below with delivery schedule...

Dear Sir,

I have tried severally to reach you with the phone details on your website but to no avail. Hope you doing well?

Please could you quote me of your best price and delivery time for the item(s)mentioned In the attached

Awaiting for your positive response.


Best regards,

Tim Lu

Sales Department


General Trading Group Co., ltd
Unit 2515, Profit Plaza, No. 76, West Huangpu Rd, Tianhe Dist,
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P.R.China (510623)
Tel: (+86) 20 3839 3636
Fax: (+86) 20 3839 3637

 

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