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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: "LINCOLN ELECTRONIC COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <enterprisesridgelandenose1@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:27:25 +0100
Subject: Enquiry
Compliments of the day,
We saw similar Product of your company and some of our clients are interested in them, so
please confirm to us if your company can make provision of the exact product with good
quality. Below is our company secured login page to view our customers’ specification and
relative orders before giving your quotation and subsequently making your proforma invoice
(PI). Click here or copy the link below into your browser and login to view our customers
inquiry and product samples
http://sgiz.mobi/s3/authenticated-sample-page
Please .This will enable us add it to our safe list and avoid your email been sent to spam
folder.
Looking forward to your response with details, prize and quantity that can be made
available.
Regards
Mark gwen
Sales Manager
Emirate
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