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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: Mrs Shawna Mutler <infor@shawna.co.uk>
Reply-To: shawna@britcom2u.com
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:12:13 GMT
Subject: Dear Friend

Good day,


Hope this mail finds you well? Permit me to introduce myself. I am Mrs
Shawna Mutler, a British national and CEO of Dr smith wood Veterinary
Holdings Ltd. I have my business closed down due to financial setbacks
and ill-health conditions. I contacted you to introduce you to a
business. While I was still running my business, I used to be the sole
supplier of an animal vaccine called ADEQUAN to a Company named Pet
Spring Veterinary Clinic in United Kingdom.


Adequan i.m injection is an essential supplement vaccine used for
animal healthcare especially for Horses, Dogs and cattle to prevent
Joint pain, Dislocation and other Joints injury. I always get this
vaccine from asian country where it is been charged less than any other
retail outlet in the world. Fortunately, I have not revealed my source
of supply to MD of Pet Spring Farm. I hold the advantage to still
market this product at a huge profit. Let me show you how profitable
this business is before we talk about partnering in this lucrative
venture.


Despite the setback in my business, the Management of Pet Spring Clinic
still wants me to continue with the supplying of Adequan i.m injection
to them at my usual price. This is because of the fact that the price
offered to them by other suppliers exceeds my selling price. The
vaccine cost US$5,850 per cartoon in the United Kingdom , Europe and
most part of the world while in Malaysia where I do buy; it cost
US$2,400 per cartoon. While still in the business, I normally sell this
product to the above mentioned company at US$4,600, thus making a
profit of US$2,200 from every cartoon sold. Pets Spring Farm shop does
make order of 40-50 cartoons per month and pay me cash on delivery.
Should you supply the current order of 30 cartoons toPets Spring Farm
Shop, you could make a net profit of US$63,000 so also preceding
months.


As a finder, I am asking for 20% which is only US$12,600 from every
successful supply and payment you receive. should you find this offer
interesting, please feel free to contact me at my private
email:shawna@britcom2u.com I shall be obliged to avail you with the
contact information of the supplier in Malaysia where you could make
the order and supply to Pet Sprng Veterinary Company in UK .
Furthermore, I would advise the MD of the purchasing company to contact
you and bid for the products. Moreover, I would guide you through the
entire transaction and note the shipment is under the care of Pet
Spring Clinic

Kindly send me your intent to undertake this business with me before
long. I would be happy to hear from you and then furnish you with all
the details you need to run this business on your very behalf,Thank you
very much for your kind attention.

Warm regards,

Mrs Shawna Mutler


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