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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.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447011148248 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
Fraud email example:
From: "APPLE IPHONE SALES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <appleiphonesales@live.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:16:55 +0100
Subject: Checkout New Apple Iphone 3GS 32GB ........$350Usd
We are wholesale company of different brands and models of brand new unlocked phones like,Nokia ,Sony Ericsson, Apple Iphone, HTC Phone, Samsung Phones etc.
Below are short listed items in stock.
APPLE IPHONE
Apple Iphone 3GS 32GB .....$350 USD
Apple Iphone 3GS 16GB........$300 USD
Apple Iphone 3GS ............. $280usd
NOKIA PHONES...
Nokia N900 3G GPS :....... $400usd
Nokia N97 32GB..........$350 USD
Nokia N96.................$300 usd
BLACK BERRY......
Blackberry Storm 9500...$350 usd
Blackberry Bold 9000...$300 usd
Blackberry Javelin.......$300 USD
BlackBerry Storm2 9520
SONY ERICSSON PHONES....
Sony Ericsson Experia Xi............$350 usd
PLAYSTATION
Sony Playstation 3 250Gb PS3 Slim ----$400usd
Sony PlayStation 3 250 GB --------- 320usd
Sony PlayStation 3 120 GB ---------- 280 usd
Sony Playstation 3 80GB -------------- 200 usd
NIKON CAMERA
Brand New Nikon D5000.............................$2000 USD
Brand New Nikon D3x............................ $1200 USD
Brand New Nikon D700.............................$1000 USD
Brand New Nikon D40..............................$320USD
Brand New Nikon D40x.............................$399 USD
Brand New Nikon D60 ............................$400 USD
Brand New Nikon D80............................$610 USD
Brand New Nikon D90.............................$650 USD
Brand New Nikon D200................................$500 USD
Brand New Nikon D300............................... $700 USD
Brand New Nikon D3...................................$800 USD
APPLE MAC BOOK PRO ...........................$650Usd
Buy 3 Units get 1 Unit free
WARRANTY
We give 1 year warranty for every product sold out to our costumers, our products are company class 1 tested and approved by Global standard organization of wireless industries.
Email:appletoday091@live.com
Call Us On:+447011148248
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