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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: "PRODUCTS INFORMATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <office.international@mail.ru>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:40:07 -0800
Subject: ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS
After our African market analysis about your products we found out that your products will sale highly here in Africa if given good advert and dedicated marketing.
Your products will sale highly here because of your quality and standard, but you must understand that a reduced price is the key for fast sales and high volume annual turnover sales.
The market is here; honestly it is good you think about having a branch here or a sole sales representative like us, to sample/sale your products all over Africa. You will be surprise what the total annual sales turn over will be. We are here to help in the advertising, marketing and distributing. It is our job. It is better you think deeply about this before another company takes advantage. Your products will rule here. Market will move.
I am very honest with you, your products will rule here.
We will be very happy to be your sales representative here; we will handle everything with 100% honesty.
Contact me so that we can discuss how to start immediately the market is waiting for your products.
We are waiting
Best Regards.
A.N Iyke
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