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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: "Saifon (Fon)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contact@idstechnologie.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:12:31 +0200
Subject: Re:EXP-88- ALI- CUSTOM INVOICE, PL AND BL DETAILS


Good Day

Good afternoon

Thanks very much for your payment we recently from you, however there was a missed invoice. Can you just confirm this will be included in the next payment run, or whether there were any queries with this particular invoice?

I have attached the invoice for your reference.


Thank you & Best regards
Saifon (Fon)
Mac-nels Shipping (Thailand) Ltd.
T:02-683-7240-3 #103
F:02-294-0649
email:rainny@macnels.co.th

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