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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: "Dr. Barney Terry" <dianebritt@tesco.net>
Reply-To: "Dr. Barney Terry" <dr.barneyterry1@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 05:49:10 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY





Dear Sir,

My name is Dr. Barney Terry; I am working With a Veterinary Company based here in London, UK. I got your contact during my comprehensive search for a reliable and trustworthy individual/company in your country. I decided to contact you for a business with our company. The company I work with is into manufacturing of Veterinary Medicines, animal food dietary and supplement for Horses, Elephants, Cows and Lions.
 
The company procures most of their raw materials from your country in past 3 years; there is a chemical which the company used to send me to your country to buy. Right now I have being promoted to the post of marketing manager. The company cannot send me to your country again; they will send a more junior staff. The procurement officer has asked me for the contact details of the supplier in your country. I need a person I will present to the company as the supplier in your country  the company will pay some percentage upfront, upon the verification of the sample of the chemical.

You don't have much to do like shipment, our company will take care of that, the only thing you do is to buy the sample of the chemical from the local dealer and show to the company purchasing officer, upon his arrival in your country to verify and pay. The profit would be share between you and I on 50-50 basis after the supply. I am looking for a reliable business man, who will assist me in contacting the local dealer of these chemical in your country. I don't want to contact them directly because they will take advantage on me; this business is 100% risk free and will be another income generating business outside your specialization.

Why I don't want the company to have direct contact of the local dealer is that, I don't want the company to know the actual price I was buying the chemical before from the local dealer. If you are interested to do the business with me kindly contact me for more details. PLEASE YOU ARE ADVICE TO SEND YOUR REPLY TO MY PRIVATE BELOW EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY: { dr.barneyterry1@outlook.com }
Regards,
Barney Terry


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