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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: "Administrative Purchase" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tradingretail00@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:29:58 -0800
Subject: Raw Material Inquiry
Dear Sir,
Our company is interested buying Concentrated Raw Material in large quantities,can you supply this products from your country? Concentrated Oil is a food supplement for Sub-Saharan Horses and Ponies and it was recently found to be sold very cheap in your country than what our company buy in America. if you are ready to cooperate with me on this business, I will give you the contact of the dealer in your country, so that you can bridge the gap between them and our company and have the product supply direct by your company and after we share the profit together that is my interest contact me for more details explanations.Should you indicates interest in my proposal kindly leave a phone line for effective communication.
I awaits your response to the above discussion
Sincerely,
Mr. Johna Apiah
Purchase|Procurement Division
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