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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: MRS POOJA CHAUDHARY <info@poojach.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: pooja_chaudhary28@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 01:46:18 -0200
Subject: Awaiting Your Reply Immediately






Good Day,

I got your Contact via Internet during my research for Interested and
Serious Person that will handle this business and God directed me to you. I am
contacting you regarding our company urgent need for (DINOSILE OIL
LIQUID) a raw
Chemical material are available in India recently. It is the major liquid
material our company has been using for the production of animal
injections and
vaccines since 2005. Our company is currently buying this product at
the rate of
$42,000 USD per One (1) gallon from the Original Company supplier in USA and
Brazil.

Recently, I found out that this same material is Produced and sold
in India at
the rate USD $15,000 per 1 gallon and I do not wish to let anyone in
our company
to know about this because of my interest in the business. I intend to present
you as a supplier in India (You will be a Middleman between our
company and the
local vendor in India) so that my company will not know the main-source of the
material. This is just a kind of buying and selling business and all
you will do
is to buy the 1 gallon of the Chemical as sample and keep it ready
with you, so
that you will show it to our Company purchasing Manager as a sample as soon as
he arrive in India for the purchasing of the chemicals and be informed
that our
company use to buy quantity of the chemicals and required more than 50 gallons
every month.

If you are willing to co-operate with me, Kindly send your reply to
my Direct
E-mail Address:(pooja_chaudhary28@yahoo.co.uk) I will send you our Company
director's contact detail then you will send him an offer and as soon as he
indicate interest to buy, you will let him know the stock is ready and you are
willing to supply as many as required at a reduced price per gallon. I
will also
forward you the contact detail of the dealer where you will get the
material in
India. The dealer selling price in India is $15,000USD per gallon and then all
profits accrued would be shared between you and me, after deduction of
all your
expenses, etc. This would be a long term business relationship between you and
our company.

NOTE, I am an India Citizen, born and brought up here in UK and my parent are
late. Awaiting your reply immediately you receive this mail.

With best wishes,
Mrs. Pooja Chaudhary.
Tel: +4487 1915 9084

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