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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: "Pedro Williams Lee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sale.agent8@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 23:13:41 -0800
Subject: Re: (ORDER) We Will Send Our Order List If You Have The Sampe #1 Or Sample #2

Hello,

Thanks for the response to our message,we write to inform you that we
are interested in your products. We saw a similar product, Auctions so
please confirm to us by the link below; which you can view by clicking
the link below and log-in into the Easy Shopper with your company domain
email and password for possible view of sample, of the product
requested.


http://www.newproducts-trad.co.cc/




Please kindly send us your catalog and we would like to inquire about
the following:

*Minimum Order Quantity

*Your delivery time

*Payment terms

*And your products warranty


We will await your response with details, prize and quantity that can be
made available.



Thanks,

Best Regard,

Pedro Williams Lee
Sales Manager

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