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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: <fr_ab17@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: fr_ab1010@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:35:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: why I contacted you

Dear Respectful one,

I am writting this letter out of a genuine desperation to find a reliable partner in the unfolding transaction.I have been unjustly treated by my employer so,I seek your help, attention and genuine co-operation to our mutual benefit and I believe that you will not let down the trust and confidence
I am about to repose on you.

My name is Mr Frank Abuna for the past ten years,I have been working in a public Relations firm. Last year our company made a very big financial breakthrough when we made contact with Alhaji Kouchari Diabate The president of Kouchari Diabate Agro allied group farms and began to supply him an
Animal Vaccines. He is a millionaire farmer with cattle farms and Fish Farms in Mali,Senegal, Guinea,Burkina faso, Chad rep. Moreover, he is the greatest supplier of cattle beef and other dairy products to the whole of
West Africa.

He had informed us about the huge amount of money he spends on the purchase of a particular but very important Animal Vaccine. Precisely, he buys US$5,000 per carton. He asked if our organisation can source for a cheaper supplier.

We did market research and discovered that we can buy these medicine in Europe for US$2,000 per carton. We moved a proposal to Alhaji Kouchari Diabate The president of Kouchari Diabate Agro allied group farms, to supply him at US$4,800 per carton which they accepted. As these supplies progressed
and our company is doing fine,I requested to my boss for an increase in our salary.He was so upset that he sacked me without benefits after ten years of dedicated workmanship.

I was so desperate that I went to the Alhaji Kouchari Diabate The president of Kouchari Diabate Agro allied group farms and infomed him that I have a foriegn contact that will be willing to supply him this same products at US$4,000. Per carton. Alhaji Kouchari Diabate The president of Kouchari
Diabate Agro allied group farms in turn confided to me that he is about to place order for one thousand cartons following a suspected outbreak of disease in his farms.I asured Alhaji Kouchari Diabate The president of Kouchari Diabate Agro allied group farms that my foriegn contact will be in the
position to manufacture and supply to him,infact I convinced him that my former boss usually buy from my foriegn contact and that is why he sales to him at a higher price.

However I informed Alhaji Kouchari Diabate The president of Kouchari Diabate Agro allied group farms that he will have to pay cash in advance before my foriegn contact will supply to him. For the moment he has stopped all contact with my boss.

Please consider on how to handle this profitable project and contact me immediately for details and negotiations as regards my commission.

Note : We will buy one thousand carton at US$2,000,000. We sell to them at US$4,000,000 Dollars, our client pays cash before lifting of the goods. (They must not know our purchase point in Europe).

Best Regards

Mr Frank Abuna.




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