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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: "Adolph Stockert" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adolphstockert@gmail.com reply>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:26:44 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

How are you doing today?


I am a 45-yr-old Vanuatu national living in England.

There is a lucrative business offer I am proposing to you because of my incapacity to follow through with the deal. I am an ambitious, middle-income employee here in England with contacts of European buyers who are looking for Crude Palm Oil (CPO) from Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

As of this moment, there is a company from Northeast England that currently purchases a total 20 000 MT of CPO on a monthly basis through their mandates in US & UK. In order to be the company’s mandate, one of the following is required:

1. A non-refundable mandate application fee of GBP 500 payable to the company. Upon successful application and approval by the HQ of the company, GBP 50 000 must be paid before a mandate license is issued and ICPO issued for the supply. The mandate license expires after Ten (10) years.

Alternatively, the buying company requires that:

2. A prospective mandate should provide a POP (proof of product) of at least 4000 MT.

I have the contact details of 3 companies whose offering prices are much lower than the prevailing market price of $2,800.00 per MT. One of these companies is located in Malaysia, Indonesia: the other companies are based in Thailand. In view of the political impasse in Thailand, I can only advise you to negotiate with the Malaysian or an Agent in Jakarta Indonesia by visiting their office and obtaining the CPO samples for testing if you want double confirmation.

It is plausible to offer $4,150 per MT to the buying company here in England because the selling company’s offer price is $2,800.00 The variance between the market price and the seller’s offer price is due to the fact that you and I will be the direct mandate of both the buyer(s) and seller. It is very common to have agent of mandate (or mandate’s mandate) who mark up prices in order to increase gains.

This is a lucrative business I should have engaged in alone if I have financial support from the banking institution or friends. I cannot secure bank loans because of my visa status as a foreigner and also my level of income.

It is also risky for me to involve my friends here in Britain because the terms of my employment contract prohibits me from engaging in other forms of employment within Britain and the British Isles within a year of my resignation from my current workplace. I cannot gamble upon trusting my friends not to set me aside if I introduce them to this oil deal

Kindly write me if you would be interested in this commodity trade deal.

Adolph Stockert

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