419 scam: United Western Enterprises <uwe@uweinc.com> PURCHASE ORDER/ URGENT

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: United Western Enterprises <uwe@uweinc.com>
Reply-To: surrnan.i.h@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 04:14:43 +0100
Subject: PURCHASE ORDER/ URGENT

TOP URGENT:
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Hello Dear,

As per telecom with your company this morning, please kindly find attached =
purchase order in a proper format and provide us with competitive FOB comme=
rcial offer also I enclosed specifications and inquiry.
I would appreciate if you consider in your offer all terms like delivery,p=
ayment,validity,currency,cost of price and origin.

Am looking forward to hearing from you by on or before 5th June.

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Thanks & Best Regards,

Victoria .l. Kelly
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General Sales Manager
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UNITED WESTERN INC.

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