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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:
- 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.
Fraud email example:
From: "Sales Dr. A. Raghunathan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <antoniodouglas05@mailbox.hu>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 01:46:23 -0700
Subject: Request for quotation
Hello
We have gone through your items and have seen your products, but can you give me an assurance on the quality and that you can start production if we place an order immediately, or do you already have in stock? Large orders for about 300-400 thousand us dollars needed.
Please check the exact product photo and see if you can supply us the same product from our secured server. Please Kindly view our items Attached.
Let us also have your payment terms.We hope to have good business relationship with you.
Regards
Sales Dr. A. Raghunathan 0044-13930918622
Jijan & Benson CO.,LTD
ADD:Allison Road Villa End,Barclays United Kingdom
Tel: 0044-13930918622 Fax:0044-13930918623
MSN: sales.jijanbanson@msn.com Skype:sales.jijan
Email: sales@jijanbensonco.co.uk
Web: http://www.jijanbensonco.co.uk
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