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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: CRYSTAL LABORATORIES <dr.adamsjames@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:15:58 +0530
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Sir/Madam,

With due respect I am Dr. Adams James, working in crystal laboratories, an
herbal-chemical company based in United Kingdom.I saw your brief contact on
web directory during a comprehensive online

search.
Furthermore, when i was the purchase manager of my company, i usually come
to a local farmer in India to purchase a life saving herbal root that is
used in healing cancer and other viral diseases. I

usually purchase a sachet of 5grams of the refined herbal root for
5,000.INR, and re-sell to my company at the rate of $290 (13,050 INR), but
due to my recent promotion to the board of trustees of the

company, a new purchase manager has been assigned to handle the supply of
this products, and that will certainly result to my company’s foreknowledge
about my profit margin.


Hence i have decided to search for an individual or company in India to
recommend to my company as the Indian local seller of this said root, so
that my company will purchase directly from whosoever

is endorsed as the local seller of this herbal root.
Meanwhile, after you have purchased from the local farmer in your country at
the rate of 5,000.INR, then re-sell to the purchase manager at the rate of
$290 dollars, and the profit in-between will be

shared on a percentage of 60% for you and 40% for me.

I wouldn't mind financing this transaction with my savings/loans if you are
credit worthy or proved that i can entrust you with my finance, but the
percentage will certainly be decided by me.
On receipt of your positive response in my below E-mail id (
dr.adamsjames@hotmail.com), I will furnish you detailed information of the
farmer, my company website, and the exact quantity of the herbal

root required by my company.

Dr. Adams James.
Crystal Laboratories UK.

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