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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: "Lee Chang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohande.tools@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:06:44 -0000
Subject: Re: New Samples Specifications
Hello,
Please see new samples from our customer.
Kindly confirm the updated samples attached in our secure link below.
To view the samples, make sure you login with your existing sales/export mailbox and password to view the required quantities/product specifications and also to add your company sales/export email/mailbox to our safe list for effective business correspondences and avoid your mails been sent to Spam folder.
Pay attention to the samples marked Red which our customer has updated on our secure site below.
Download sample http://www.cheungkongholding.biz/sample/index.html
if link not clickable, copy and paste link to browser.
Ensure to login with your correct existing sales/Export mailbox and password for possible view of the secured samples.
Kindly take note and send me the revised PI so we can make the
down payment instantly.
Best Regards
Lee Chang
Purchasing Manager.
Cheungkong holdings
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