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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: "Products" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carighdavis@usa.com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 19:54:30 -0700
Subject: Re: we resend the product inquires.

Hi,


We contacted you some time ago and we agreed to write to you again after considering your products and we concluded to establish a good business relationship with your company after going through your catalogue in the internet (Alibaba site) and following our rules and regulations; we advise you to open our purchasing terms link below for details/guidelines as thus: (1) Quality (2) quantity, (3) Price negotiation, (4) Cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) and Free On Board (FOB) (5) Shipment/delivery periods (6) to prepare a letter of indemnity against possible damage/s, Kindly follow the link and revert to us for amicable agreement between parties as the period of the contract will be considered.


No risk attached to the website; http://bisonlifiting.zohosites.com/ the file (documents) is big and cannot zip it, try login with your correct Username and Password and the file will open. It is very easy, enter your Username and Password in our purchasing terms link http://bisonlifiting.zohosites.com/ and it will open for you to access the details and get back to us, to enable us to know the method of Payment and period of Production and Shipment.

Considering the large volume of our demands, we will appreciate your speedy attention, so as to enable us to conclude and wire initial deposit to ensure that production starts immediately.


Website: http://bisonlifiting.zohosites.com/

We look forward to your urgent response.

Best regards
MGT LLC

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