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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: Johnlobo <john_101lobo@yahoo.cn>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:07:38 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Very Urgent.


Dearest One,

I know that this letter may not come to you as a surprise since your organisation is well advertising. However, I am writing based on the preavailing information I gatherel concernig your esteem company in your country's chamber of commerce. I have full confidence that you can execute this business to our mutual benefit and I believe that you will not let down the trust and confidence I am about to repose on you.

I work with an Ivorian based Public Relations Firm ''AMIC''. I work as the corporate affairs manager. Between the 12th-19th of March 2006, a seminar was held at Nairobi, Kenya, of which I attended. In this seminar I was lucky to meet Mr. PATRICE TLHOPANE MOTSEPE of South Africa, the Executive chairman of AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS (ARM), President BUSINESS UNITY SOUTH AFRICA (BUSA) e.t.c. Mr. PATRICE MOTSEPE is an accomplished businessman and a multi-company owner. He is a Billioner Gold marchante and farmer with cattle farms in many African countries. Moreso, he is the Greastest supplier of the whole of Africa. On knowing my profession, he told me about the huge amount of money he spends on the purchase of a particular but very important cattle medecine.
Precisely, he buys at 6,000 Euro a CARTON, sometimes he buys up to 1200 CARTONS. He asked me if my organisation can source for a cheaper supplier. Back to my office, I discussed the bisiness with my boss, he decided to handle the supplies by himself. We did market research and discovered that we can buy these medicines in Europe for 2,200 Euro per CARTON. We moved a proposal to Mr. Motsepe to supply him AT $5,500 per CARTON which he accepted. I agreed with my boss that he will give me 15% of the profit. On the 30th of June 2006, we made our first supply of 350 CARTONS to Mr Motsepe. My boss never gave me a dime. Since then, my reltionship with my boss have seize to be cordial. He never talked to me about the supplies again. Recently, I intercepted some letters from MOTSEPE to my boss. I was suprised to learn that my boss had made eight more supplies which I know nothing about. Moreso, Mr. Motsepe is requesting for more supplies of 2000 CARTONS before the 20th
November this year. These letters never got to my boss, instead, I called MR. MOTSEPE and convinced him that I can arrange for an international supplier who can supply him at the price of 5,000 Euro PER CARTON, but he (MOTSEPE) will pay cash before lifting the goods. He is presently waiting for me and my foreign contact.

For the moment he has stopped all correspondences with my boss. If you can handle this project please contact me immediately at john_101lobo@yahoo.cn for details and negociations as regards to my commission.

Note. We buy 2000 CARTONS at 4,400,000 Euro (four million four hundred Euro). We sell at 10,000,000 Euro (ten million Euro). Our client pays cash before lifting of goods, and he must not know our purchase point in Europe.

Best Regards.
John Lobo.




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