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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: N E <grandcast7@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:09:21 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: import


DEAR SIR
WE UNDERSTAND YOU AS A WELL KNOW MANUFACTURER AND EXPORTER IN YOUR COUNTRY.

WE WILL LIKE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU AS ONE OF THE LEADING IMPORTER OF YOUR PRODUCTS HEREIN LOME-TOGO FOR THE PAST DECADE AND WITH BRANCHES IN MANY WEST AFRICAN STATES. WITH OUR LONG ACUMAN IN BUSINESS WE ARE OF OPINION THAT EXECLLENT, EVERLAST AND FRULTHFULY RELATIONSHIP SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN TWO US OF US IN THE NEAREST FUTURE PROVIDED YOU CO-OPARETE FULLY WITH US.

FURTHERMORE WE ARE 100% INTERESTED IN YOUR PRODUCTS SHOWS AT STOCK AND OUR RANGE OF PURCHASE COVER LARGE SCALE, WE WILL LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. THEREFORE TO ENABLE US START PLACING FOR OUR IMMEDIATE ORDERS.

WE WILL LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT OUR DIRECTOR AND HIS IMPORT MANAGER WILL LIKE TO VISIT YOU AT YOUR OFFICE FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE GO THROUGH YOUR WEB-SITE AND SEE YOUR PRODUCTS AND ALSO YOU HAVE TO CONFIRM FOR OUR VISITING ALSO INDICATING YOUR PRODUCTS READY FOR SHIPMENT. FOR YOUR QUOTATION / C/F PRICE LIST BASING BY SEA-PORT LOME-TOGO WILL BE DISCUSS IN YOUR OFFICE ON OUR VISIT,PAYMENT WILL ALSO MADE IN YOUR OFFICE BEFORE THE SHIPMENT OF THE GOODS.

THANKS FOR YOUR KIND CO-OPARETION IN ADVANCE WHILE ANTICIPATING SOONEST FOR THE ABOVE REQUEST AND ALSO CALL ME AS SOON YOU THROUGH THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND MORE DISCUSSION.

BEST REGARDS,
AGWU UMEH
ISIMBA INVESTMENT COMPANY
B.P. 4038 LOME-TOGO
TEL. 00228-925-5731

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