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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: "Mr. Hadi Hafsa" <sales@mail-tools.live>
Reply-To: hadisafsasalman@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2021 22:46:58 +0800
Subject: Re: New Order/Contract Supply
Dear,
There is an ongoing offer for the supply of your products in reasonable qua=
ntities to the Qatar project committee here in Qatar..
It will be of interest if you can kindly furnish us with your product's pri=
ce details in us$ or Euro for my considerations and order details.
Note, i am an accredited sourcing agent registered with the Qatari governme=
nt and it will interest me to inform you that i have the required contact a=
nd connections to make you win the contract if only you are found and confi=
rmed capable of taken the huge contract, as my commission will be 1% of the=
whole contract amount which i hope to be paid after when you have received=
your 100% contract value into your given bank account.
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Best regards
Mr. Hadi Hafsa Salman
P.O.BOX:10066,Al Nasr
Street Doha Qatar.=20
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