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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- allenmarksure@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Vlasta Jan the Marketing Director of ENGEL CZ sro." <un63450@gmail.com>
Reply-To: allenmarksure@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 02:26:30 -0700
Subject: Re: Inquiry
Hello Dear ,
Greetings to you and your esteemed Company.My name is Vlasta Jan the
Marketing Director of ENGEL CZ sro. I would like to inquire about
your products.
After going through your website, we have to state that we are
interested to make a purchase from your esteemed company.
* Is your Company manufacturer and supplier?
* Have you exported to the Czech Market ?. If this is correct, could
you please inform us how many days it takes to deliver the goods to us
in Czech Republic?
* Do you have Company Profile and Product Catalog? Please send us for
our review to enable us proceed
I await to receive answers from you by return mail soon
Please reply via this email below .
allenmarksure@gmail.com
Thank You,
Vlasta Jan
ENGEL CZ sro
Baarova 305/18
150 00 Prague 4
Czech Republic
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