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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: "SAIPEM AMERICA INC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <saipemamericainc@live.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 01:54:15 -0000
Subject: SAIPEM AMERICA CHEMICAL SUPPLY

 
FROM: MR PATTERSON EVANS.
SAIPEM AMERICA INC
15950 PARK ROW
HOUSTON,TEXAS 77084 USA
OUR REF: SAP/078811/JO
 
 
 
MY DEAR,
 
           I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE IF I AM
 
INTERFERING ON YOUR PRIVACY. MY NAME IS. MR
 
PATTERSON EVANS. I AM ASSISTANT MANAGER
 
SAIPEM AMERICA INC, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A
 
SINCERE AND SERIOUS BUSINESS PERSON/COMPANY
 
IN INDIA TO TRANSACT A VERY BENEFICIAL AND
 
RISK FREE BUSINESS, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH OUR
 
COMPANY (SOMEONE WHO WILL STAND AS AN AGENT
 
AND BE SUPPLYING OUR COMPANY CHEMICAL AT A
 
VERY ATTRACTIVE RATE).I NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN
 
HANDLE THIS BUSINESS AND ALSO PROTECT MY OWN
 
INTEREST.
 
 
 
MY COMPANY NEED THIS PRODUCT URGENTLY AND IT
 
CAN ONLY BE FOUND PRESENTLY IN INDIA. I HAVE
 
THE CONTACT OF THE LOCAL DEALER IN INDIA WITH
 
ME. ALL I NEED IS A SINCERE PERSON IN INDIA,
 
WHOM I WILL DIRECT TO THE LOCAL DEALERS, HE
 
WILL BUY THE PRODUCT FROM THEM AND SUPPLY TO
 
MY COMPANY. I WILL LINK YOU WITH THE COMPANY
 
AND THE COMPANY WILL DEAL WITH YOU DIRECTLY
 
SO LONG AS YOU WILL BE SINCERE AND PROTECT MY
 
OWN INTEREST.
 
 
ALL AM ASKING YOU TO DO IS JUST TO INVEST IN
 
BUYING THIS PRODUCT FROM THE LOCAL DEALER IN
 
INDIA, AND SELL TO MY COMPANY AT HIGHER RATE,
 
YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME 15% OF THE PROFIT AFTER
 
THE BUSINESS, THIS IS JUST A KIND OF BUYING
 
AND SELLING.
 
 
WE CAN GET A GALLON OF THIS PRODUCT AT $6,500
 
DOLLAR (SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED UNITED
 
STATE DOLLARS) IN INDIA, THEN YOU CAN SUPPLY
 
TO OUR COMPANY AT RATE OF $12,400 DOLLARS
 
(TWELVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED UNITED STATE
 
DOLLARS) PER GALON. THIS IS A VERY LUCRATIVE
 
AND RISK FREE BUSINESS.
 
 
PLEASE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO THIS BUSINESS
 
CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY VIA THIS EMAIL-   
 
saipemamericainc@live.com
 
ANTICIPATING YOUR SOONEST RESPONSE.
 
 
 
 
YOURS SINCERELY,
 
MR PATTERSON EVANS.
 
ASSISTANT MANAGERSAIPEM AMERICA INC.
 
 
 

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