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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: "Dr.Samir Radwan"<groupxyz401@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:04:54 -0700
Subject: Investment Opportunity

Good day,

How are you doing today? I am the former financial adviser to Mubarak
but now the Finance Minister, before the uprising started in Egypt;
Ex-president Mubarak desired to invest in taggri h2 seeds,a principal
raw material used in the production of pharmaceutical products like
drugs used in curing of Typhoid Fever,HIV and other STD diseases.He
set aside one hundred million for this project.I was mandated by my
boss to open discussions with major pharmaceutical companies in Europe
and the United States like Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. - USA
,Pfizer - International and Shire Pharmaceuticals Limited.I have
talked to this companies and they told me that they need a monthly
supply of two 40ft containers of this product at least.However,I did
an investigation on this product and I discovered that some of the
finest qualities can be got in India at a local price of $60 per
sachet of 5 grams which can be sold in Europe at $160 .This was the
situation when the uprising which swept the president out of power.

The reason why I contacted you is because with the recent happenings
since the change of government the ex-president is battling corruption
charges and will appear in court soon.I am the only person with
information about the where about of the money,I cannot reveal the
money to him because he believed it is part of his money which was
frozen in European bank.I have contacted you to partner with me in
this investment.I want you to negotiate and buy 100,000 acre farm
lands in various locations for the cultivation of the taggri h2 seeds
I have budgeted 50% of the entire amount for this purchase 40% will be
used to buy these products from india and supply to the pharmaceutical
companies so if you are interested you can make contacts with
companies that could supply this products to you by browsing the
internet.I have also set aside 5% for you as your reward to accept to
do business without revealing the secrets of this business to anyone.

Finally if you are interested contact me immediately to forstall
anyother arrangement I may enter in my bid to get this transaction
done.Please email me at group_xyz401@yahoo.co.jp

Regards
Dr.Samir Radwan


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