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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ddinucciodavidonindustries@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Rayan Group Ltd <sender@ctfcreditunion.co.ke>
Reply-To: ddinucciodavidonindustries@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:33:38 -0400
Subject: Re:Inquiry
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Dear Seller,
Hope health speaks good to you.
My colleague has sent mail to you last week and we do not hear from
you why ?. My name is (Mr Donald Dinuccio) from Rayan Group Ltd, USA.
We are glad to see that you are a dealer in some of our product we
need and as we are looking to get a new supplier who can be able to
meet up with our current buying demands but first we need to know
questions below if
1.You Can ship to USA ?
2. Advice on payment terms warranty.
3 The Minimum Order Quantity and Delivery time for F.O.B.
Also kindly send us your current website,latest catalog and price list
as attachment for our study and we will revert back to you asap.
I would appreciate your response about the above questions so we can
proceed with the items needed.
Please send your reply direct to our purchase email (
ddinucciodavidonindustries@gmail.com )
Expecting your urgent immediate feedback.
Thanks,
Donald Dinuccio (Mr)
Marketing Department.
Rayan Group Ltd
Address: 1113 E. Dominguez Street
Carson, CA 90747,
USA
TEL: +1 (0) 173022768
E-MAIL: ddinucciodavidonindustries@gmail.com
Sype: Zora147
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