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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?B?SEM=?=<hc@zhcjgroup.com>
Reply-To: <pfizersupply@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:37:02 -0800
Subject: Request For Quotation

Good Day , Pfizer Supply Chain invites you or your company to bid for the tender supply of the following Product attached, send a quotation with the quantity required below. Our request may fall out of your scope of work hence, but we recommend you research or outsource the product and supply them to us within the period of time given. Product Unique Code: PVI00994-DBR2 Product: PVI00994-DBR2 pumps Qty. 66 units Compulsory, Kindly send your quotation to: nicholas.benedetto@pfizercsupplies.com for approval. Kind Regards, Nicholas Benedetto Chief Global Supply Officer PFIZER MANUFACTURING BELGIUM (NV) Address: Rijksweg 12, 2870 Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium B.TW : BE 0400.778.165 Tel: +32 2320 7077 Fax: +32 2808 2477 Email: quotation@pfizercsupplies.com image.png

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