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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "martinssholanke@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "MARTINS SHOLANKE" <asdfghbnmkl@aol.co.uk>
Reply-To: martinssholanke@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 21:48:10 +0100
Subject: URGENTLY.
- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -
Dear Friend,
I got your contact from a business directory and I decided to contact you for a business proposal with my company.
My company (Travercine Vaccine Inc.) is into manufacturing of pharmaceutical materials. There are some pharmaceutical raw materials which i usually purchase on behalf of my company from India for the past 3yrs.
Presently I have being promoted to the post of General Manager (Admin.) hence my company can no longer send me to India, to buy the materials because of my new position as GM(Admin).The director of my company has asked me for the contact of the supplier in India, which i am yet to give to him. I need a reliable businessman whom I will present to the company as the supplier in India to enable the management contact him to confirm availability of materials and issue him an Official Purchase Order to source the materials for my company in India.
The business is risk free and the profit margin is very high, we will share the profit between us in any successful transaction.
If you have the capacity and interest to handle the business, kindly contact me for more details.
Thanks & Regards,
Martins Sholanke
Email id:
martinssholanke@outlook.com
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