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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: "Le Manh Ha | Accounts" <admin@dealer.com>
Reply-To: Le Manh Ha | Accounts <trade.exprestradecapital@mail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 04:02:53 +0200
Subject: Remittance Advise!!!
Dear Sir.
FYI
We have just remitted the down payment to your company bank account which y=
ou forwarded to our client.
pls find attached swift and confirm that no mistake in your account details=
to avoid loss of funds.
+++++++++++++++20A SENDER'S REFERENCE11044TRF12008119:23B BANK OPERATION CO=
DECRED:32A CURRENCY/INTER-BANK SETTLEMENT:33B CURRENCY/INSTRUCTED AMOUNTUS:=
50K ORDERING CUSTOMER/AL36213110440000000000933729I
I await your soonest response.
Best regards
Le Manh Ha
+84903513070
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Trade Forex Capital Ltd
296 Nguyen Van Linh Street , Phuoc Dong Ward
Nha Trang city, Vietnam
Tel : +84 58 6298469 ; Fax : +84 58 3714708
Email : Manhha@vnbrokers.com
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