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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: "READ CAREFULLY:" <rahhim2001@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amina_abubakar111@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 22:58:33 -1200
Subject: RE

Dear,
Compliments of the season.
My name is Amina Abubakar from Lesotho but, I study here in Malaysia at (INSTITUTE PIRAMID NO. 80 1/8.02,JALAN SS 15/4D, SUBANG JAYA 47600 SELANGOR). I am 24years old and the only child of my parents. My father used to be a business man who does a lot of businesses in South Africa and Malaysia.He supplies of veterinary drugs like Biothern_12xp 100 i u before?he fell sick.
Bec
Presently he is old and cannot travel again for the business. This drug Biothern_12xp 100 i u is for treating of mamal's mouth diseases and for making the mamals grow fat. Before then, my father used to come to Malaysia every month to supply this
drug to Dr Kevin Wilfred, whom is in charge for all veterinary hospitals in South Africa and Dubai. This doctor is from England and has his offices in South Africa and Dubai because of the duties he need to carry out on the animals there.
? So my father normally comes from South Africa to Malaysia to get this medicine ready for the doctor and then informs the doctor to come down to Malaysia to buy the medicine. After their transactions the doctor takes it back to his hospitals for the treatments of the animals, because my father is old and can not travel, he then sent me here to study and at the same time take charge of suppling of the drugs to the doctor when ever he is ready to buy it. Now because of my age and my sex, the company refused to supply me this medicine, and it is for this reason that I have to look for a local man who is helping me, and his name is Mr. Wong Kam Thong
I and Mr. Wong Kam Thong use to make a gain of RM480,000 to RM600,000 from each trip the doctor makes to Malaysia for the Drugs, but every time we sell this medicine to the doctor, Wong Kam Thong is always cheating on me and he normally gives me RM20,000 out of the whole money we make, and it is from this money that I to send to my father to pay for his medical bills and also to take care of my school fees here in Malaysia. At the end of everything I feel so sad that the money is not enough for me and my family to take care of ourselves, and it is so sad to me because this business is what my father took as his family business and will not want to loose it. Now I had to tell my father about what Mr. Wong Kam Thong use to do me and my father ask me to stop the business with him, and I have done that.
Mr. Wong Kam Thong has no contact of the Doctor and cannot transact any business with him without me. Everything about the Doctor is with me. The contact address and the email address and his number are with me.
Few days ago the doctor?called to tell me that all the animals under his care are suffering a lot because of no supply of the drugs, so I told the doctor to wait until the drugs are ready I will call him to inform him. Ever since then he called, everynow and them he always call to know?if am ready.
So it is for this reason that I am looking for a good person who is trustworthy and will not cheat on me again. I came across your contact in a trade journal in my search for a good man in Malaysia and I and decided to contact you.
? Please I will like to meet with you, so that we can talk one on one over this business, I look forward to hear from you soonest, have a wonderful
day.

Amina Abubakar.



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