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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: "DAVID GREHAM" <davgreham005@gala.net>
Reply-To: grehamdd@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:51:08 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Good Day

I am David Greham what i cherish most in life is trust. I believe we shall
do this business with trust and understanding. I work for an Avorian based
import and export consulting firm ( AMIC), I work as a product sourcing
manager. Between the 17th april 2005 till date 2008.A business seminar was
held in Accra-Ghana of which I attended. While in the Seminar, I was
opportune to meet ALHAJI ISSA IDRIS ,the President of ISSA IDRIS DAIRY FARM
LTD. ALHAJI ISSA IDIRIS is an accomplished and widely known and recognized
millionaire farmer in this part of the region. He has cattle farms in
different countries. Above all, he is one of the greatest supplier of
cattle, beef and other diary products in this part of the coast.In all
refugee camps

On getting to know my profession, ALHAJI ISSA IDRIS took me into
confidence by informing me about the purchase of a particular but very
important medicine for his cattle. He informed me that he buys this product
at $5,000.00 USD per carton, and that he mostly buys to the excess of 1450
cartons. He informed me that he would like me to find out if my organization
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 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 ISSA IDRIS
DAIRY FARM LTD. to make the supply to them at $4,800.00 USD per carton of
which he accepted. Owing to my role in the transaction, I had an agreement
with my director to be receiving 15% of whatever gain is made on each
supply of which he agreed.

But on the completion of the supply and the receipt of the payment, my
boss relegated 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.

i am presenly in Accra for a business seminar,However, as God would have
it, I ran into ALHAJI ISSA IDRIS and he informed me that he would want us to
urgently supply him with 3600 cartons of the same product before the end of
August 2008. I used the opportunity 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 vacccine at the cost $2,000.00 USD from EUROPE and sell
at $4,400.00 USD TO ALHAJI ISSA IDRIS, with him making a down payment of
50% to you of our quoted price first.

If you are interested and capable of handling this supplies on my
behalf, kindly get back to me urgently. And also send to me your personal
telephone number to effect our communication,MY PRIVATE MAIL:
grehamdd@yahoo.com
Thanks and God bless.
David Greham

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