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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: =?UTF-8?B?TExDIFRyYWRpbmcgIEhvdXNl?= <llctradinghouse@bk.ru>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 03:46:48 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?TExDIFRyYWRpbmcgSG91c2UgLSBOZXcgT3JkZXI=?=


Dear Sir/Mam,

We wish to know if you can be able to give us an assurance on the quality of your products, Can you start production if we place an order immediately with full payment or do you already have some of your products in stock?

In order for us to proceed further, kindly let us have your prices details/catalogs,and more details about your company so that we can be able to select from there and place our order ASAP.
 
Sincerely,
Mark Laros
Commercial Manager
LLC Trading House

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