419 scam: "Mrs. Charles Mike Taylor"<contact@vforuassociates.in> RE: IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR YOU:MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ADVANCE

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Charles Mike Taylor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.charlesmiketaylor.dgoh@dgoh.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:53:12 +0530
Subject: RE: IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR YOU:MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ADVANCE

Dear Sir/Madam ,

Please accept my sincere apology for this unsolicited mail to you. With due respect, my names are Mrs. Charles Mike Taylor from London, England. I am working as personal assistant to the manager director of a private firm that supplies crude extracts to pharmaceutical/health-care
companies in UK. I contacted you regarding a business opportunity in our company.

My proposal to you is based on our company urgent need for a crude extract called Dacryodes edulis (Burseraceae) seed extract which is found in Western Africa . Recently I came to know
through a reliable source that this same material our company are buying from Russia at the rate of $65,000.00 USD for 5 litres of Dacryodes edulis (Burseraceae) extract is available in India at the rate of $35,000.00 USD .

I am soliciting your sincere cooperation regarding my personal interest in this business transaction that would be profitable to you and me. It is my sincere wish to entrust you with this project since I do not have the money to buy these materials and supply to my company. I intend to establish a mutual business relationship with you so that i can introduce you to my director as a supplier because i don't want to reveal.

I have the contact detail of the Indian supplier but I don't want to give it to my director due to my personal interest in this business. I contacted you so that you and i can team up and explore this business opportunity. If you can buy the material from the local seller and sell to our company once my director shows interest to buy from you, Iwill provide to you detail information then we delibrate on how to supply to our company at a high rate. At the end of each transaction you will give me 20% commission from the total profit accrued.

These are my own personal opinions, if you have a different or contrary opinion let me know. On receipt of your positive response, I will forward to you detail
information to proceed.

Please reply through my private email address " mrs.charlesmiketaylor.dgoh@dgoh.org " for detail information. Hope to read from you soon and provide me with the below information

NAME:
LOCATION:
MOBILE NUMBER:
ADDRESS:

Yours sincerely
Mrs. Charles Mike Taylor

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