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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: <fabricekumar@centrum.cz>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:06:32 +0200
Subject: Supply


Mr Kumar Fabrice
Abidjan.
Cote d'Ivoire.
Good Day ,
I write to solicite your assistance and support to enable me execute a very lucrative and high profiting business transaction.I work for an Ivorien based import and export firm ("O-Sarl"), I work as the product sourcing manager.
Between the 1st -07th of July, 2007 a  business seminar was held in BOUAKE Cote D'Ivoire  of which I attended.

While in the Seminar, I was opportuned to meet ALHAJI Al-HAYAT RAHMAN , the President of ALHAJI Al-HAYAT  GROUP(WA)LTD. ALHAJI Al-HAYAT is an accomplished and widely known and recognised millionaire farmer in this part of the region.
He has cattle farms in different  countries.On getting to know my proffesion, Alhaji informed me about the purchase of a very important cattle medicine.He informed me that he buys this product at $5,000.00 USD per carton, and that he used to buy more than 1000 cartons quaterly.He asked me if my organisation could source for him a cheaper supplier of this medicine considering the  recent trend of  falls in the general price of beef in the world market  which is affecting his business.
Back in my office, I discussed this 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 this medicine somewhere cheaper in EUROPE for $2,000.00 USD per carton . We moved a proposal to Alhaji to  make the supply to them at $4,800.00 USD per carton of which  he accepted. Owing to my role in the transaction,my boss offerred to be paying  me 15% of total gain after each suply.
But on the completion of the suply my boss renegated on our agreement and refused to give me my  share of the profit.Since then our relationship has been at its lowest ebb. I have since accepted it as  one of life experiences.
However, as God would have it, recently, I ran into Alhaji and he  informed me that he would want us to urgently supply him with 1250 cartons of the same product before the end of Next month.I used the oppurtunity to inform Alhaji that I can introduce him to the main producer of this vaccine who can supply him  the product at $4,400.00 USD if he will pay in advance as he usually  does.
He was very pleased and has assured me that he is not going to  contact my boss again for this vaccine. He is now waiting for me to link him to the producer of the vaccine. We will buy the medicine at $2,000.00 USD from EUROPE and sell at $4,400.00 USD TO Alhaji , with him making a down mobilisation payment of  50% of our quoted price first.
If you are interested and capable of executing this supplies on my behalf,kindly get back to me urgently through my e-mail.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Fabrice Kumar



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