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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Syntax Solution Ltd" <sales01leowang@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:06:20 +0000
Subject: Order Inquiry

Il mio nome è il signor Leo Wang dalla Russia, dopo aver consultato la directory del tuo sito web, siamo interessati al tuo prodotto. Vogliamo fare un grande ordine per l'importazione a lungo termine. Vi preghiamo di fornirci il numero di telefono, i cataloghi, l'elenco delle quantità, i prezzi e il tempo di consegna e anche più esempi di immagini, la vostra risposta anticipata è molto apprezzata.

Nome della società: Inter Solution Ltd, Indirizzo: Vvedenskogo kanala str 157 Moscow Russia, 130411 Grazie! I migliori saluti,
Sig. Leo Wang: responsabile vendite e acquisti +79111384169.

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