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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "JAMES BROWN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesbrown94@live.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:54:44 +0530
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNER NEEDED IN INDIA
Compliment,
I got your contact from a business directory and I decided to contact you for a business proposal with my company.
My company is into manufacturing of pharmaceutical materials.
There is a raw material which my company used to send me to India to buy. Right now I have being promoted to the post of manager hence my company cannot send me to India again to buy the materials because of my new position as a manager.
The director of my company has asked me for the contact of the supplier in India.
But I refused to give it to him. Why I don't want the company to have direct contact of the local dealer is because I don't want the company to know the actual price I was buying the product from the local dealer.
I need a person I will present to the company as the supplier in India.
You will now buy the product from the local dealer and supply to my company.
The profit would be shared between you and me. If you agree to do the supply,I will tell you at what rate you will sell it to my company.
If you are interested kindly contact me for more details through this
email id: JamesBrown94@live.com
Thanks!
Mr James Brown
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