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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: WeTransfer <noreply@wetransfer.com>
Date: 13 Nov 2020 06:46:28 +0800
Subject: Dorlan shared files with you via WeTransfer

 

These files will be deleted on 2018-08-28
 
Click 'Download images' to view images
 
Hi 
barry@wellsandbennett.com
 


dorlan
Nanjing Maxfit Trading Company Co., LTD

sent you some files
3 files, 380 MB in total ・ Will be deleted on 19 Novvember, 2020
Get your files
  Hi, 
I have tried sending this files to your email: barry@wellsandbennett.com, but i keep getting undelivered mail, I have uploaded it and send to you via Wetransfer.
Please download them for your checking.
Awaiting your feedback. 
 
3 files
Sample Products.pdf
3.51 MB
Product Specification.pdf
1.01 MB
Company details for invoicing .pdf
235 KB

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