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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "feedback@service.alibaba.com" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 05:47:44 -0700
Subject: [Alibaba Notification] You have received an assigned inquiry.
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Kashim Ahmed from Thailand has sent you an inquiry |
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Kashim |
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I'm interested in your product. What is the best price you can offer.
Please find our specifications in the attachment. I would like some more details.
I look forward to your reply
Best Regards
Saleh
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It contains an attachment. Please sign into
Trade Center to check it. |
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Recent Activity on Alibaba.com: |
If you don’t reply to this inquiry within 24 hours, buyers will be recommended to other suppliers.
In order to reduce the risk of fraud, you are encouraged to negotiate and make payments through Trade
Center.
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AmeriFirst Home Mortgage is a division of AmeriFirst Financial Corporation NMLS #110139. This e-mail and
any attachments are intended only for those to which it is addressed and may contain information which is
confidential and/or prohibited from disclosure
and unauthorized use under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are
hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited by the
sender. If you have received this transmission in
error, please return the material received to the sender and permanently delete all electronic
copies.
AmeriFirst Home Mortgage.
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