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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: Stella Hernanos <stella_hernanos1@dyamitimes.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:51:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Contact me immediately for more

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mrs Stella Hernanos . I am writing this letter out of a genuine desperation to find a reliable partner in an unfolding transactiContact me immediately for moreon. I have been unjustly treated by my partner in an earlier transaction, so I seek your help, attention and genuine co-operation to our mutual benefit and I believe that you will not let down the trust and confidence I am about to repose on you.

For the past ten years, I have been working for a public relations firm that pays me about two hundred dollars each month, plus little bonus based on my work input. On the 30th of June last year, our company made a very big financial breakthrough when we made contact with Alhaji COUCHARI DIABATE and began to supply him his cow medicines.

Alhaji MUSTAPHA DIABATE is the president of MUSTAPHA DIABATE ALIED GROUP FARMS, and is a millionaire farmer with animal farms at Chad, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana, Benin and Togo ; with main offices in Cote d'Ivoire, and a new one located at Zimbabwe. Moreover, he is the greatest supplier of cattle beef and other dairy products to the whole of West Africa.

He had informed us about the huge amount of money he spends on the purchase of a particular but very important cattle medicine. Precisely, he buys US$5,000 per carton. He asked if our organization can source for a cheaper supplier.

We did market research and discovered that we can buy these medicines in Europe for US$2,000 per carton. We moved a proposal to Alhaji Abubarka Bello, to supply him at US$5,500 per carton which he accepted. As these supplies progressed and our company was doing fine, I requested my boss to increase my salary. He was so upset that he sacked me without benefits after ten years of dedicated service. Though I was later called
back when another kind-hearted senior staff protested against his action.

During my moments of being sacked, which lasted for close to two months, I was so desperate that I went to the COUCHARI DIABATE ALIED GROUP Farms and infomed Alhaji COUCHARI DIABATE that I have a foriegn contact that will be willing to supply him this same products at US$4,500 per carton. He was very happy with this news, and in
turn confided to me that he was about to place order for one thousand cartons following a suspected outbreak of disease in his farms. I assured him that my foriegn contact will be in the position to manufacture and supply to him; infact I convinced him that my former boss usually buys from my foriegn contact and that is why he sales to him at a higher price.

HOWEVER, I INFORMED ALHAJI COUCHARI DIABATE THAT HE WILL HAVE TO PAY CASH IN ADVANCE BEFORE MY FORIEGN CONTACT WILL SUPPLY TO HIM. For the moment he has stopped all contact with my boss.Please consider on how to handle
this profitable project and kindly contact me immediately for details and negotiations as regards my commission. However,I will insist that my commission will be 20% of the total profit.

Note: We will buy one thousand carton at US$2,000,000. We sell to them at US$4,500,000. Our client pays cash before lifting of the goods. They must not know our purchase point in Europe. Contact me immediately for more information.

Thanks and God bless you.

Regards.



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