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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: "DR William Richards" <drricd_animalclinic@yahoo.uk.co> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drwillan_richards@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:29:17 +0800
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

Atten:,

Please it`s my pleasure to write for an urgent assistance that will
profit
both of us if you will be sincerely stright forward and capable in
handling
the transaction. I`m writing to you now from my sick bed in a very
painful
sitution that one of my legs has been caught off while the other leg
is
hanging because i was hitten down by a drunk cap driver here in london.

I often fly in and out of malaysia for a business transaction but due
to my
condition of health now,i can not be able to make it that`s while i`m
contacting you,so please read this mail very carefully and get back to
me
where you don`t understand.

There`s this animal injection for horses,cattles and other big animals
by
name TERMACINE XP 1000 that i supply to veterinary farmers from saudi
arabia
and dubia,the farmer always send the purchasing doctor to your country
malaysia because thats the only place i buy the product and supply
immediately to the doctor there in malaysia.

I buy the product from your country`s malaysian woman at the price of
rigget
4,500(four thousand,five hundred ringget)per carton of ten pieces
inside.While i supply to the veterienary doctor at the price of
$300usd(three thousand united states dollars) per
carton.

And the farmers always needs 30 to 50 cartons of the product in every
month
they need it,so when u add up the ex-change rate of dollars to your
country`s currency,you know the profit i`m making per carton in a trip
of
this trasaction.

Upon your response,i will pass over the woman`s(seller)phone number to
conclud with her for the product because the farm have already
contacted me
for purchase with their
qoutation and price list which i will also scan for your persual.

Please bear in mind that constant and early contact is good for us to
reach
on a solid agreement because this is one of my best contacts and i will
not
like to lose it.Meanwhile,i will be sending you my bank account for
whatever
is the percentage we concluded you bank it for me because i`m seriously
in
need now because of my hosiptal bills.

Regards as i wait for your urgent response.
you contact me through my personnel email adress
Drwillan_richards@hotmail.com
DR. WILLAN RICHARDS




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