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fighting spam and scams on the Internet
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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: "Carpeta de Spam" <buyingoffice@carljon.com>
Reply-To: courier@cmslogistics.org
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:08:02 -0500
Subject: New Order Inquiry
Dear Sir/Ma,
We are interested in making a large purchase from your company, your company according to subsidiaries of datamonitor ( a business information survey company), has your company among other successful companies. Like yours was rated as having high quality products. We are highly impressed by such reviews and would be delighted to know if you can supply to us in large quantities, any of the products listed on our website. You can view all products and merchandise we import on our website below
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Below is our purchase and payment terms:
TT payment.
40% first payment and balance against B/L.
Delivery period: 3-5 weeks of first payment.
Quantity: Depends on how many you can supply.
Please do let us know if and how you can supply to us the listed products.
Waiting to read back from you.
Sale Director
Carpeta De Spam
United States Of America
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