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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. Mirghani Abdelrahim Isameldin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mirghanibdelrahimisameldin@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 19:29:29 +0300
Subject: Purchase Of Your Product?

Dear Sir,
 
I am pleased to receive your email address & company details through my search of direct and reliable Manufacturers/ Distributors Agents.
 
However, my name is Mirghani Abdelrahim Isameldin,i’m a citizen of Republic of Sudan, a medical practitioner working with United Nations, I am stationed in Republic Du Togo at the moment. My primary aim of communicating with you have two objectives. Firstly, I need your products, I secured a contract of $9.8 million (Nine million eight hundred thousand dollars) from UN to supply foods products,Cloth both new and secondhand. Medical,Hospital , Pharmaceutical Products and material products to nine countries in West African Region for 3 & half years. Secondly,  I am now among the newly appointed contractors to handle some projects that has to do with the supply of some items of which your company have some of the products which was enlisted by the United Nations Association for Refuges.
 
I need a genuine established reputable Company that I can engage into constant and steady purchase of those products listed above in a very large quantity.
 
Terms and conditions of payment: We agree to release 70% upfront after signing of the purchase contract agreement. Supplier must be at present in the Credit General office http://www.crdi-general.com/ in Lome Togo West Africa that is in charge of the release of the payment to sign the purchase contract agreement for three years constant shipment. After signing agreement, Credit General Officials will take both of us to bank for the transfer of 70% to your account as part payment, after that you will return back to your country to start the shipment of which the remaining 30% will be completed for transfer. Partial shipment is allowed.
 
Right now I would like to know the type of products you have in stock. Mention the products names, quantity you can supply monthly, gives us price quotations in C&F Cotonou Sea port, Port of Kpeme Lome, Port of Matadi Congo - Kinshasa,Port of Mogadishu Somalia,Port of Cape Palmas Liberia,Port of Benghazi Libya, Port of Sudan Green Harbour.        
 
Be informed that face to face meeting for signing of the contract in Credit General Office in Lome Togo is inevitable/unavoidable and the transfer of 70% will be done via T/T Transfer in your present immediately we conclude the contract agreement endorsement.
 
Honestly speaking,  this will be an opportunity for you to see everything with your own eyes as part of what i told you earlier about honesty and transparent. I believe that you will agree with me that this is too big a project to executed via mail messages or telephone conversations.  Witnessing a practical demonstration of the contract signing, legalization of your product and witnessing the 70% initial payment will be an added advantage to you personally and seeing the amount in the bank before transfer is effected.
There are a lot of internet scams and heartless individual or company who could claim to posses what they are not able to supply or handle. Only needed 70% advance payment and failure at last. So note your presentis highly needed if you and your company are able to handle the contract for 3 and half years.
 
Contact me with your full name, Company name, address, direct telephone number and Mobile if you can handle the contract.
 
Waiting for your urgent communication.
 
Best regards
 
Dr. Mirghani Abdelrahim Isameldin
Email
mirghanibdelrahimisameldin@hotmail.com
Direct Tel. where i can be reached any moment
00228 99358762
Add my skype for us to have a vidoe conversation
mirghaniAbdelrahimIsameldin
 
 
 
 

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