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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: "Hariyah Mazli" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hariyahmazli1@sify.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:20:51 +0800
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Greetings From Hariyah,

How are you doing? My name is Hariyah Mazli from Malaysia but, I’m working here in the UK. I will like you to listen and understand this business, there is a product called sapphire blue stone. It's a mineral, it's used for ring, necklace and marble tiles and so many other valuable things that is recognize in the world.

The only former supplier to the company is from Holland and he gets the product directly from one woman in Malaysia at a lower rate and sell to the company where I work at a higher rate but now the man is seriously sick and the company is in need of this product urgently now. I am contacting you because I have the contact number of the local seller in Malaysia I am contacting you and seeking your interest because I don’t want to link the local seller to the company because of the profit that is in between.

This is the plan, I want you to be the middle person to the company here in the UK and the local seller in Malaysia, this product is sold in Malaysia at the rate of $6,250USD while the company can buy it from you at the rate of $11,500USD per kilo. Now I want you to contact the seller in Malaysia and ask her if she still have the product in stock before I can link you up with the CEO of the company here in UK. Get back with me as soon as you receive my email for further information.

Best Regards,

Hariyah.

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