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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Martin Metelmann" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 12:33:55 +0100
Subject: Re: Re: Inv payment EUR#65,709

[Accountant]
 
Sir,
 
Attached swift, is the debit to your company account date 5/10/2015, with reference SB/103/05733655 for the EUR#65,709, please despatch the original documents by DHL ASAP.
 
Meanwhile, your base supplier said that the control pallets occupied nearly 50% the 40ft" container.  They ask we take the local charges of USD2000.00, defenitely it's unreasonable for KD to take this charges, pls comments urgently, cause they will load the container next Week.
 
Best regards
 
DANGSCHAT T.O.H. GmbH & Co. KG
Kleine Johannisstr. 9
20457 Hamburg, Germany
Phone : +49 (0)40 30 70 87-17
Fax : +49 (0)40 30 70 87-71
www.dangschat-toh.com
Amtsgericht Hamburg HRA 108483
Komplementär: MAM Commodities GmbH, HRB 91858
Geschäftsführer :
Alexander & Martin Metelmann, Joachim Schwarz
ISO 9001 CERTIFIED
 
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