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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: William <lifeishope4i0@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 07:01:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello, I am seeking for your Jion Business Proposal



Dear Sir,

I write to solicit your assistance and support to enable me execute a very lucrative and high profiting business transaction. I am very confidence that with trust and understanding we can be able to execute this business to our mutual benefit and believe that you will not let down the trust and confidence I am willing to repose in you.

My name is Patrick William, I work for an Ivorien based public international firm (AXIM RDC), I work as the corporate affairs manager. Between the 17th -19th of may, 2008 a business seminar was held in BOUAKE Cote D'Ivoire of which I attended.

While in the Seminar, I had the opportunity to meet Alhaji Au Bostra, the President of IVOGRAIN-SIPRA ETS. Alhaji Bostra is an accomplished and widely known and recognised millionaire farmer in this part of the region. He has farms in different countries of West Africa. But above all, he is one of the greatest supplier of beef cattle and other diary products in this part of the coast.

On getting to know my profession, ALHAJI Bostra took me into his 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 Euro per carton, and that he mostly buys to the excess of 200 cartons. He informed me that he was only asking 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 these medicines somewhat cheaper in Holland for 2,000.00 Euro per carton.

We sent a proposal to IVOGRAIN-SIPRA to make the supply to them at 4,800.00 Euro per carton of which he accepted. Owing to my role in the transaction, I had an agreement with my director to be receiving 30% 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 reneged on our agreement and refused to give me my share of the profit. Since then our relationship has been at its lowest . I have since accepted it as one of life's experiences.

However, as God would have it, recently, I intercepted a letter of request from Alhaji Bostra asking my boss to supply him with 250 cartons of the same product before the 10th of Mach 2011. I seized the letter and this letter has not and will never get to my boss.

I personally contacted Alhaji Bostra and informed him that I can introduce him to the producer who is ready to supply him the product at 4,400.00 Euro if he will pay in advance as he usually does. He was very pleased and is right now waiting to be contacted by my partner.

We will buy the medicine at 2,000.00 Euro from Europe and sell at 4,400.00 Euro TO Alhaji Bostra with him first paying 50% of our quoted price in advance. I will entitled to 30% of whatever profit we make after the deduction of all expenses.

If you are interested and is capable of handling this supply with me, kindly get back to me urgently through my telephone + (225) 6640 0603 or via my e-mail so that I can furnish you with the contacts of both our source in Europe and that of Alhaji AU Bostra.

Kindly be notified that at no point in time should ALHAJI Bostra suspect that you are not the producer of the medicine and we should never allow him know the contact of our real source in Europe as not to allow him to cut us out and deal directly with them.

I hope to receive your response and I thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,
Patrick William



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