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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: Paul <mroger@mail.camgsm.com.kh>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 18:21:49 -0700
Subject: Fw:Re:Re: invoice details - PO218728


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Hello dear Please find in attached the complete added invoice as advise pr=
eviously, please kindly reconfirmed? To avoid make any mistakes, help us ch=
eck attached invoice and confirm.
Please note that Mount is the same thing as open also. =

Thank you very much as we look forward to your reply.


Best regards,


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From: ss@joewein.de <ss@joewein.de>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 8:47 AM
To: Sales <ruisale@ruictec.com>
Cc: <andrear@ruictec.com>
Subject: RE: Re: Re: Re: Order =

Hi dear, =

Sorry, I can't open the file, could you put it in attachment and resend? t=
hank you!
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--------------- Original Message ---------- From: <A title=3DAndr=E9s sty=
le=3D"BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: inherit; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-AL=
IGN: baseline; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; P=
ADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; font-s=
tretch: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit" href=3D"mailto:andresabatiar@ho=
tmail.com">ss@joewein.de <ss@joewein.de>; To: Sales <ruisale@ruictec.com>; =
CC: <andrear@ruictec.com>; Sent: 2020-06-11 15:11 Subject: Re: Re: Re: Orde=
r =

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Dear Good Morning

Good day to you! Hope that everything is absolutely going well with you.
About a couple of days ago we prepared our purchase order but I was out of=
office due to the holidays, I am just returning to the office today.
Please find our Purchase Order =

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Waiting for your soonest reply.


Thanks.

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