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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: PRIVATE INFO <privateinfor1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: PRIVATE INFO <aching_002@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 00:06:29 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Please don't Delete this good investment...


Peace be with you.
My Name is Reverend Pastor Mark Eric, My former boss is in business with
one of the biggest business Mogul in West Africa. by name Alhaji
Bandaman Ekanza, the president of Bandaman Agro Allied Groups. The owner
of the biggest animail farms in West Africa. His  plantations are the
biggest and his vegetable oil plants are located in the 12 West African
countries.

Our company made a very big financial breakthrough
when we made contact with Alhaji Bandaman Ekanza and began to supply
Animal medicines to his farms. He had informed us about the huge amount
of money he spends on the purchase of a particular but very important
Animal medicine. Precisely, he buys 5,800 Dollars per carton. He asked
if our organization can source for a cheaper supplier.

We did
market research and discovered that we can buy the medicine in Europe
for 3,000 Dollars per carton. We moved a proposal to Alhaji Bandaman
Ekanza, to supply him at 5,500 Dollars per carton which they accepted.
As the supplies progressed and my boss was doing fine, I requested my
boss to give me my entitlement as he promised earlier.  He was so upset
that he sacked me without benefits after a long time of dedicated work
for him. Now my boss supplies this Business magnet an essential vaccine
for his livestock at the price of 5, 500.00 Dollars per carton, and
sometimes supply up to 3000 or 4000 cartons.

Now due to what my
boss did to me, I have called the Bandaman Group and informed them that I
will link them directly to the supplier of the vaccine from where my
boss buy at the rate of 5,000 Dollars per carton. Briefly, I am
contacting you because I have explained my plight to Alhaji Bandaman
Ekanza and he has stopped further dealings with my boss. Now I received a
letter from the Bandaman Group requesting for two thousand cartons of
this essential vaccine.

The President of the Bandaman Group
invited me to his Presence and I confirmed my word to him, and he
promised me in confidence to deal only with me and my foreign supplier
if we actually have the medicine. I told him that my foreign contact
will supply them the best quality of the medicine at the price indicated
but must receive 100% advance payment before he supply to them of which
they have accepted.

I contacted you for this deal now is that, I
have the contacts of the company where my former Boss uses to buy this
vaccine in Europe. The Price of the vaccine is 3000.00 Dollars per
carton in Europe. I will need you to contact Alhaji Bandaman Ekanza and
inform him that you are the direct supplier of the vaccine and that you
will sell to him at the price of 5,000 Dollars per carton. He will not
hesitate to start negotiating with you to carry out the supply. If your
organization is interested to be my partner in this transaction, please
contact me immediately for more details so that we can discuss on how to
execute this lucrative deal.
Yours sincerely,
Reverend Pastor Mark Eric.

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