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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Samir Hassan Al-sari" <gogohgh1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Samir Hassan Al-sari" <samirs21@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:26:04 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: our pending order
 Dear Sir/Madam
We made an order on the 02/06/2014 for some of your Products and since then we have not heard from you, now we have decided to contact you again because we urgently need these Products, Please inform us if you can not supply these products, so that we could contact order suppliers on time.
See attached Catalog/Order List the products list and Order. Get back to me with quotation asap.
Best Regards
Raminta
Sabelijos Prekyba UAB
Uosio g. 10, Kaunas
LT-50133, Lithuania
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