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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: morgan@yahoo.com
Reply-To: morgan.nelsone@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:49 +0530
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Friend,

I got your contact from a business directory and I decided to contact you for a business proposal with my company.

My company (Travercine Vaccine Inc.) is into manufacturing of pharmaceutical materials. There are some pharmaceutical raw materials which i usually purchase on behalf my company from India for the past 3yrs.

Presently I have being promoted to the post of General Manager (Admin.) hence my company
can no longer send me to India to buy the materials because of my new position as GM(Admin). The director of my company has asked me for the contact of the supplier in India, which i am yet to give to him.

I need a reliable businessman whom I will present to the company as the supplier in India to enable the management contact him to confirm availability of materials and issue him an Official Purchase Order, to source the materials for my company in India.

The business is risk free and the profit margin is very high, we will share the profit between us in any successful transaction. If you have the capacity and interest to handle the business, kindly contact me for more details through this email id: morgan.nelsone@yahoo.com

Thanks & Regards,
Dr. morgan
morgan.nelsone@yahoo.com

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