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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: "George Dave" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <georgedave989@windowslive.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:19:19 -0700
Subject: Re:Enquiry About Your Products

My Name is George Daveson a sales Manager of Blue Prints Complex.


I just resume office today and i saw your reply back in regard to your product i saw on On this trade website.
Due to the year is new and we planned to give our customers the best of all product production to enable a good sales this year and also add more new product to burst our sales record.

I saw a similar and latest product design on trade production design website which i choosed to be the product design i want and i will need this particular design in large quantity.
To view the picture you need to click the link below login your email ID and pass for quick and easy view to the picture i want and get back to me and let me know if you have the design so we can do business together.

Click the Link http://www.aprojob.com/data3.index.html





Await your reply urgently have a wonderful day.


Mr George Daveson


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