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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: Susan Richard<info@cyborgit.net>
Date: 10 Sep 2021 12:41:11 +0200
Subject: Indochine Trading Co., Ltd - Request For Quotation.

Dear Sir/Madam,


This is the second email am sending to you,yet no reply from your end.

I am Susan Richard, Sales Director / Purchase Manager of Indochine Trading Co., Ltd. 
We have gone through your company profile and we are interested in doing business with your company on your products.
 
Kindly see attachment to View the list of products that we wish to have a full briefing on.
 
You are to provide us with the following about the products..
 
1. Prices FOB
2. Payment terms
3. Delivery Period
4. Specified delivery date assuming from the Date of Order.
 
Please your quick reply will be appreciated because we need this sorted out before the 20th of November 2021
 
On receipt of your response, we shall forward you the order quantity and delivery details to enable your company issue us a proper quotation.


Thanks & Regards


Susan Richard | Sales Director

Indochine Trading Co., Ltd
HO CHI MINH CITY
Unit 12-01, Pearl Plaza, 561A Dien Bien Phu Street,
Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Telephone: +84 28 3512 5400

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