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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: ASDA STORES LIMITED <mcotzee01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoasdastors@fastservice.com
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:01:29 +0200
Subject: We are are interested to buy your products,

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Hi

Asda Stores Ltd. trading as Asda, is a British supermarket retailer,
headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Our Suppliers and Partners are well established and prestigious
businesses operating within retail marketplace. Therefore we always
expect all our suppliers to maintain high-quality products to fulfill
customers' desires.

Advise if you could supply us a large quantity of your products as we
are looking to add in new brands to attract new clients and also
retain our in house based customers and build more partnerships.

We want to become one of your regular distributors. And would
appreciate it if you could forward us your products catalogue or stock
list as soon as possible

Best regards
Jeams Dorman
Purchasing Director - Partnership Services
https://www.asda.com/
Direct-line: +44 (0)740 715 4155
Phone: +44 (0)203 086 6275
Fax: +44 (0)20 4387 7963
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If you are not an intended recipient, please be advised that any use,
dissemination, forwarding or copying of this e-mail is strictly
prohibited. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure and Asda
stores limited does not accept responsibility for changes made to this
message after it was sent.Please note that incoming and outgoing
electronic mail messages may be monitored. Should you receive this
transmission in error, notify the sender immediately

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