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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: "DONALD ADAMS" <donadams001@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:53:20 +0100
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS


Urgent Supply
FROM: MR .DONALD ADAMS
Lot 5 Rue De Jardin
ABIDJAN-COTE DÏVOIRE

Dear ,

I am writing to solicit your assistance in executing a very profitable and
risk free transaction which I discovered while on duty. I have confidence
that you have the ability to execute this business to our mutual benefit and
believe that you will not let down the trust and confidence I am willing to
repose in you.

I work with an Ivorien based public and international firm 'Micro Chem' I
work as the corporate affairs manager. Between the 5th -7th of March, 2007,
a business seminar was held at San Pedro Cote D'ivoire of which I attended.
While on this seminar, I was lucky to meet ALHAJI G DANKWA, the president of
DANKWA GROUP OF COMPANIES. ALHAJI G DANKWA is an accomplished and widely
known millionaire farmer in this part of the region. He is an accomplished
agriculturist with speciality in cattle farms and various other agricultural
produce for export. He has farms in different countries of West Africa. But
above all he is one of the greatest supplier of cattle, beef and other dairy
products in this part of the coast. On getting to know my profession, ALHAJI
G DANKWA took me into confidence by informing me about the huge amount of
money he spends on the purchase of a particular but very important medicine
for his cattle. He informed me that he buys this product at Euro 5,000. per
carton, and that he mostly buy to the excess of 400 cartons. He informed me
that he was only asking me to find out if my organisation could source for
him a cheaper supplier considering the recent trend of falls in the general
price of beef in the world market which is affecting his business.

Back to my office, I discussed this business proposal with my boss and he
decided to handle the supply by himself. We carried out a market research
and discovered that we could purchase these substance of cattle medicine
some what cheaper in SPAIN for Euro 2,000 per carton.

We moved a proposal to DANKWA GROUP OF COMPANIES to make a supply to him at
Euro 4,500.00 per carton of which he accepted. Owing to my role in the
whole arrangement, I had an agreement with my director to be receiving a 15%
of whatever gain is made on each supply of which he agreed. But on the 21st
of August, 2007, when the first supply of 400 cartons were made to ALHAJI G
DANKWA, my director decided to renegade on our agreement. He refused giving
me anything near the agreement we arrived at but only what he termed an
offer of appreciation. When I protested, he threatened to dismiss me from
office .
I decided to overlook this betrayal but since then our relationship has
seized to be cordial. He never said anything to me again about ALHAJI G
DANKWA as I assumed that the business relationship has stopped between them.

But recently, I intercepted some mails from ALHAJI G DANKWA to my director.
I was shocked to know that he has made three more supplies to ALHAJI G
DANKWA which I knew nothing about and he did not bother to inform me. More
so DANKWA GROUP OF COMPANIES is requesting for supplies of 400 cartons of
these substance following a suspected out break of disease among his cattle
in MALI. He has requested that these supplies be made before the 20TH of
MAY, 2008. These letters have not reached my director and never will.
Instead I called ALHAJI G DANKWA and convinced him that I can arrange for an
international supplier who can supply him at the price of Euro 4,000 per
carton. But that he ALHAJI DANKWA or his representative will have to pay 50%
cash before lifting the goods.

At the moment ALHAJI G DANKWA is waiting for me or my foreign contact as he
has agreed to stop all further dealings with my director. If you can handle
this project, please contact me immediately or via my e-mail above for
details on how to go about it and the negotiation on what is to be my
commission.

NOTE: ALHAJI G DANKWA must never know our purchase source in SPAIN. If not
he will not be needing our services anymore.
Thank you and best regards,

DONALD ADAMS

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