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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: "andrewsmith202@hotmail.com" <zccxvsddzccxvv@libero.it>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:46:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: I AM DR. ANDREW SMITH

DEAR SIR/MADAM,
I AM DR. ANDREW SMITH, FROM WEST INDIES BUT WORKING WITH (KEE VEE
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY) IN LONDON-UK WITH BRANCH IN FRANCE. I AM A FIELD
OPERATIONAL OFFICER, I AM LOOKING FOR A TRUST WORTHY INDIVIDUAL/COMPANY WHO HAS
THE POTENTIALS TO HANDLE THE SUPPLY OF A HERBAL PRODUCT (AGBOR HERBAL ROOT)
PRESENTLY, OUR COMPANY PURCHASES THESE ROOT FROM A SUPPLIER IN (BHUTAN), BUT
THIS ROOT CAN BE FOUND ONLY IN INDIA AND THE BHUTAN SUPPLIERS' IMPORT FROM
INDIA. RECENTLY I CONFIDENTIALLY GOT THE CONTACT OF THE LOCAL PRODUCER IN
INDIA. AND I CAME TO KNOW THAT THIS PRODUCT CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE RATE OF
($150 USD) PER SACHET FROM INDIA AND SUPPLIED TO OUR COMPANY AT ($295 USD).
I HAVE THE CONTACT OF THE PRODUCER FROM INDIA OF WHICH I DON'T WANT TO RELEASE
IT TO MY DIRECTOR SINCE I HAVE INTEREST IN THE TRADE.MY REQUEST ARE IF YOU CAN
INVEST IN BUYING FROM THIS LOCAL SUPPLIER FROM INDIA AT ($150 USD) AND WE WILL
SELL THIS HERB TO MY COMPANY AT RATE OF ($285 USD). WE CAN SHARE THE PROFIT
AFTER YOU DEDUCT ALL YOUR EXPENSES AT RATIO OF 60% TO YOU AS THE SOLE INVESTOR,
40% FOR ME AS THE INITIATOR OF THIS BUSINESS. I CANNOT TRAVEL TO INDIA TO BUY
THIS HERB BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND OUR COMPANY PURCHASES A MINIMUM OF
1,000 SACHETS AND MAXIMUM OF 10,000 SACHETS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTION OR SUPPLY.
IF YOU CAN INVEST MONEY TO BUY THIS PRODUCT FROM INDIA AND STAND THE CHANCE AS
THE MAJOR SUPPLIER OF THIS HERB, I WILL GUIDE YOU ON HOW TO REACH MY DIRECTOR
OFFICIALLY AFTER WE MIGHT HAVE CONCLUDED ARRANGEMENT WITHIN OURSELVES AND ALSO
I WILL INTRODUCE YOUR CONTACT TO MY DIRECTOR, WITH YOUR CONTACT MY COMPANY WILL
SEND TO YOU A PURCHASE ORDER AND THE PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTIC MANAGER TO YOU IN
INDIA WITH THE CASH TO PAY ON DELIVERY
I WILL FORWARD TO YOU THE CONTACT OF THE LOCAL PRODUCER WITH DETAILS UPON THE
RECEIPT OF YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE.

PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR FEW DETAILS IN THE BELOW..

1. FULL NAME:

2. NATIONALITY:

3. PRIVATE MOBILE:

4. COMPANY NAME:___________________________________, POSITION:
PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ID, andrewsmith202@hotmail.com
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU,
SINCERELY,
DR. ANDREW SMITH,
+44-(703)1817-619

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