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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: lrbernal@easynet.es
Reply-To: scmetalsou@gmx.com
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 01:13:01 +0200
Subject: How would you do it?
We are a european company in the process of shutting down our
operations in the Baltics and as a member of the board, I have
been given a mandate by the other directors to replace one of our
Directors.
We stopped negotiations with a prospective investor who wanted us
to use all our funds to buy wine farms and also wanted more than
20% of the profits and this is not the 14% we agreed to initially
and we prefer a diversified investment portfolio.
We have a portfolio dedicated for growth even in areas outside of
the eurozone and I have a mandate from the board to work with an
individual or company that is able to provide a strategic vehicle
to grow this portfolio under their professional expertise.
We are looking for suitable individuals/companies with proof of
competence to provide a reasonable ROI; short term & long term
scenarios are accommodated. Please contact me by email:
scmetalsou@gmx.com for more details.
Sincerely
Sig Runarsson
Director
SC Metals OU
e: scmetalsou@gmx.com
Jõe tn 5, Kesklinna district
Tallinn city, Harju county, 10151
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