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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.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: RaymondHek <info@atp.com.mt>
Reply-To: info@sainsburyplc.com
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:58:48 +0000
Subject: ATP "B2B EMERGENCY SUPPLIERS REQUIRED"
From: RaymondHek <info@sainsburyplc.com>
Subject: B2B EMERGENCY SUPPLIERS REQUIRED
Message Body:
Dear Colleagues
We are located in the United Kingdom, and trading under the famous supermarket chain name Sainsbury's Supermarkets Limited. It is UK's one of the largest multi-channel retailer with over 1423 shops furnished by European products. As you already aware the UK in on lockdown due to coronavirus and we urgently looking for new suppliers with any kind of products currently you keeping in stock. We are looking for all kind of products to attract new customers and also retained our existing ones, as long as you have them in stock for immediate shipping.
Please send us your catalogue or your website through email to speed up the process and treat this email as urgent. We hope to be able to order with you and start a long-term friendly, respectable and solid business partnership.
We count on the reliability of both sides. We commit ourselves for successful and professional processing for good cooperation in all ranges.
Please, keep in mind that we are only interested in the products you currently have in stock.
We would appreciate if you could send us your stock availability via email: suppliers@sainsburyplc.com
We will also be pleased to receive any offers or proposals from other products available and ready (Stocks and rates).
Target: Our Payment Term is swift within 30 days net in Europe and 15 days NET in UK as we operate with all our suppliers.
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Limited
Purchasing Department
33 Holborn
London
United Kingdom
EC1N 2HT
Email: suppliers@sainsburyplc.com
Helpline: +442081266699 (+44 208 126 6699 or 020 8126 6699)
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This e-mail was sent from a contact form on ATP (https://www.atp.com.mt)
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