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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: Zenith Trans-Co <zenithtransco@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: zenith.transco@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:24:15 -0600
Subject: Allied Product Supply Inquiry



Dear Friend,

I am writing to ask for your kind assistance to enable me execute a
very lucrative
and high profiting supply business with you. It is with great pleasure
to share
this business opportunity with you. Please No Obligation.

I am very confident with trust and understanding, we will 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.

I worked for an Agricultural Firm as the Corporate Affairs Manager.
Between the
17th - 19th of Feb., 2011 a seminar was held in Bouake, Cote d'ivoire
of which I
attended. While in the Seminar, I was opportuned to meet the President
of Mokoh
Group S.a.r.l, Alhaji Alamsiki Koramu.

Alhaji Alamsiki Koramu is an accomplished and widely known 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 cattles, beef and other diary
products in this part of the West Coast. On knowing my profession, He
took me into
confidence by informing me about the purchase of a particular but very rare
medicine for his cattles.

He informed me that he buys this product at $5,000.00USD per carton,
and that he
mostly buys to the excess of 850 cartons. He also informed me that he
was only asking
me to find out if my organisation 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 medicine somewhere cheaper in Europe for $2,000.00 USD
per carton.
We moved proposal to Moko Group S.A.R.L to make the supply to them at
$4,800.00
USD per carton of which he accepted.

Owing to my role in the transaction, I had an agreement with my Boss
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 renegade on our
agreement and
refused to give me my share of the profit. Since then our relationship
has been at
its low ebb. I have since accepted it as one of life experiences.

However as fate may have it, I intercepted a recent letter of request
from Alhaji
Alamsiki Koramu asking my boss to supply him with 1250 cartons of the
same product
as soon as possible. I seized the letter. And personally contacted him
and informed
them that I can introduce them to the producer who is ready to supply
them the product
at $4,400.00 USD. 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 USD from Europe and sell at
$4,400.00 USD to
Moko Cattle & Dairy Farms S.a.r.l with him first paying 50% of our
quoted price as
mobilisation. I will be entitled to 40% of whatever profit we make
after the deduction
of all expenses.

If you are interested and capable of handling this supply with me,
kindly get back
to me urgently so that I can furnish you with more details and the
contacts of the
manufacturing company in Europe and that of Moko Cattle & Dairy Farms S.a.r.l.

Kindly be notified that at no point in time should you let Moko Cattle
& Dairy Farms
to know that you are not the producer of the medicine and we should
never allow them
to know the contact of our real source in Europe so that they would'nt
boycott us to
deal directly with them.

I will very much appreciate you include your telephone number, so that
i can call
you for more detailed discussion on our next step.

Anticipating to hear from you soonest.

Sincerely Yours,

Mr. Yao Kouakou

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