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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: "Rokka Raj Kumar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rokkaraj01@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:59:59 +0530
Subject: STILL NO REPLY FROM YOU UP TILL DATE !!

Dear Sir/Ma

How are you doing? Hope all is well with you and your family. I'm still unhappy just because Have send several mail to you but you keep on ignoring my mail. I saw your email that you are from India that is why am writing to know if you can help me.

I am Mr. Rokka Raj Kumar from Nepal, working with BRISTO MYER PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATIONS in London , and i am the secretary to the Purchasing Department of the company. I came to India last week to meet with a supplier company of a herbal product (Tagiri seeds and root) Presently, our company purchases from some suppliers who import from India . Unknowingly to my Company, I confidentially got the contact of the supplier in India and I came to know that this product can be purchased at the rate of $100usd per sachet from Indian Local supplier and resell to our company at $350usd per sachet. I have the contact of the Indian supplier of which I don't want to release to my Director since I have interest in the trade.

I personally came to India last week to meet with the supplier face to face just to be sure if the product is real while i purchase a sample to show to my company. while my company is 100% okay with the product.

Right now, I am looking for a trustworthy person whom i can present to my company has the supplier of this (Tagiri seeds and root) because i don't want the company to know the usual price from the direct supplier.

My request is that am ready to purchase this product at the rate of $100 per sacket from the supplier but i just need you to stand has the supplier so you ca resell this product to our company at the rate of $350 once they came to India to purchase because i don't want them to have the direct contact of the original supplier.

The seeds come in 5 grams per sachet and each sachet cost $100usd from the original supplier. Our company usually purchase maximum of 10,000 sachets in a single transaction.

So i really want to invest my financial capital (money) to buy this product from India because i have much interest in the trade.

Please let me kow if you can stand has the supplier to resell my to my company at the rate of $350 after you purchase this from the original supplier at $100.

I want you to handle this business perfectly in your country without taking our company delegate down to real Supplier in India, my director said the company management will send delegate to India and purchase this product from you and the delegate is coming with physical cash,

The supplier company due with physical cash in Dollars not in rupees so I'm ready to Invest my money so you can purchase the product from the real supplier at the rate of $100 U.S Dollars and re-sell to our company delegate at the rate of $350 U.S Dollars without take him to the real local seller of the product, I will present you as real supplier of the Tagiri Root Seed.

The director of the company is asking for the contact of the seller but i don't want to release the contact yet until am 100% sure you have purchase this product from the supplier. because immediately i release your contact the company delegate will be coming immediately to purchase.

Please let me know on time if you can handle this so i can forward you the direct contact of the supplier and i can as well make arrangement how the payment for purchasing the product will get to you in cash in Dollar because the original supplier due with physical cash in Dollars. In the attachment is my international passport identification cos am a very straight forward man when it comes to dealing with others.

Moveover, you will be entitle for 30% of our $2.5million gain we are going to see from this transaction.

Regards,
Mr. Rokka Raj Kumar
(Secretary Purchasing Department),
BRISTO MYER PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATIONS.

Please note that usage of phone call is not allow because i don't want the company to have the knowledge of what am doing and i don't want them to monitor my conversation with you. but I will always work out ways to call you via public phones when necessary.



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