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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: DeNovix <sales.bnpglobaltradi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dougs.cmsc@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 05:12:10 +0000
Subject: Re: Order

Hi,

We have sent several emails to your company about some new order we
would like to place with no reply.

I don't know if you are the rightful person I can communicate with about
our inquiry details? If yes then kindly reply back to me in confirmation
so we can send you the full details.

Will be waiting for your reply in order to proceed.

Best Regards
Laura
Sales Manager
DeNovix Inc.
3411 Silverside Rd
Hanby Building Wilmington, DE 19810 USA
phone +1 302 442 6911
fax +1 302 792 7400

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