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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: "ENGEL CZ sro" <buthelezi@fscogta.gov.za>
Reply-To: "ENGEL CZ sro" <lmarwane.sacemm@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:00:50 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: RE:INQUIRY





Dear Seller,

Greetings to you and your esteemed Company.

My name is Mr Marwane Lofti Marketing Director of ENGEL CZ sro. I would like to inquire about your products.
After going through your website, we have to state that we are interested to make a purchase from your esteemed company.

* Is your Company manufacturer and supplier?
* Have you exported to the Czech Market ?. If this is correct, could you please inform us how many days it takes to deliver the goods to us in Czech Republic?
* Do you have Company Profile and Product Catalog? Please send us for our review to enable us proceed

I await to receive answers from you by return mail soon

Thank You,
Mr Marwane Lofti
ENGEL CZ sro
Baarova 305/18
150 00 Prague 4
Czech Republic


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