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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: Punnapa Rakudomchock <punnapa@oaep.go.th>
Reply-To: tatsuohiguchi108@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 13:27:10 +0100
Subject: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd.
Shinagawa Grand Central Tower
2-16-4 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075
Phone/Fax + 8133 667 8311
http://www.otsuka.co.jp

I am delighted to inform you that the above named company is a manufacturing company  base in Tokyo Japan, We manufacture advance hospital equipments (AHE), computer accessories, focal glasses/lens and microchips.  Presently our  company wishes to come down to  Nigeria,Africa as we have been made to understand from the Chamber of Trade and Commerce  here that mineral resources are sold in  Nigeria .
We want to procure a raw material and if possible site our annex office/industry in Nigeria due to the nearness of the raw material.
We have a recommendation from the economic desk of the Nigerian High Commission here of a local miner who deals on this mineral in industrial quantity as advertised also by the company in the International Local Miners Brochure when they attended exhibition in Japan, in September,2010.
Our humble purpose of contacting you is to make sure our company does not fall into awful hands in Africa, as your honesty,competency, trust and capability will earn you our partnership and if as time goes on,if our relationship interests you,We also want you to be our company's representative concerning the sitting of our annex office/industry because we have not been to Nigeria before.
We implore you to assist our company in confirming a raw material by
contacting this company (below) in Nigeria to inquire the availability
and indigenous price of the raw material.

Century Mining co.,Ltd
Jos Plateau  State
Nigeria-West Africa
Local Miners - Engr. Abdullah
Tel:+234 808 137 5930

The company ability was recommended from the Economic desk of the Nigeria Embassy in Tokyo Japan as a local miner who deals on this mineral in industrial quantity as advertised also by the company in the
International Local Miners Brochure when they attended exhibition in Tokyo Japan 2010. Please take note of our specification and price data.

Product Required = Quartzite Solid Mineral (QSM)
Description = Pure Gray
Size = Solid like sugar cube
Int'l Standard scale = 25kg= per bag
Int'l price per bag =$2.150 (usd)
Quantity Required = 5,800 bag
NOTE:
 
On your contact to Engr.Abdullah, with the above telephone number for inquiry on our behalf, you may not disclose to him that foreigners will be coming for procurement to avoid possible increase of their price above the International standard price my company's is willing to buy. Beware this was the system with our previous dealers in Afghanistan before the recent turmoil that lead to the availability fall. The board of directors unanimously agreed that if we can get an indigenous confirmation of substantial quantity of the raw material and most especially- fair price we shall endorse 7% commission of the total purchase for you as our host representative forth first time.

I will be waiting for your response.
Best regards.

Dr. Tatsuo Higuchi
Executive Director (ED)

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