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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.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024018839 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
Fraud email example:
From: "Global Trader" <belona@belona.com.br>
Reply-To: sales.representative2016@yandex.com
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 05:01:21 -0300
Subject: Att:Dear
Dear Supplier
Am Anny Yung the Import Manager of GLOBAL TRADERS UK LTD
We are a Multinational Company here in UK for years now and we travel to different
countries in search of goods and new product to impress our customers.
We came across your address and we wish to import your goods
i really want to let you know that we can do business with your company
if you are interested in doing business with our esteem company you can
send me an email to give me your products list / competitive prices for
our study and for our market research as to enable us place our trial
order from your company. Here is my Email address[sales.representative2016@yandex.com]
I'll be looking forward to hear from you soon.
Best regards,
Anny Yung
import manager
Email:sales.representative2016@yandex.com
Global Traders
Tel:+447024018839
Address:Southampton
Street London UK
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