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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: "Mrs. Samantha Abuchi" <samanthaabuchi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Samantha Abuchi" <samanthaabuchi@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:11:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear


 Dear Sir,

My former boss is in business with a business Mogul  in West Africa.
Alhaji. He owns the biggest cattle, Camels, Sheep and Goats farms in
West Africa. His Cocoa,Coffee, Rice and Palm tree
plantations are the biggest here in Cote d`Ivoire and in West African
countries.

The company where I work before made a very big financial breakthrough
when we encounter Alhaji 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 €4,800 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 €2,000 per carton. We moved a proposal to Alhaji, to supply him at €4,500 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. My former boss supplies this Business magnet
vaccine for his livestock at the price of €4, 500.00
per carton, and sometimes supply up to 2000 or 3000 cartons.

Now due to what my boss did to me, I have called the Alhaji and
informed them that I will link them directly to the supplier of the
vaccine from where my boss buy at the rate of €4,000 per carton. Alhaji 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 the Medicine. But they insist that they will
pay 80% up front and will pay the balance of 20%
on receiving AWB of the total goods.

Briefly, I am contacting you because I have explained my plight to
Alhaji and he has stopped further dealings with my boss. I
received a letter from them requesting for two thousand cartons of this
essential vaccine.

The reason why 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 €2000.00 per carton in Europe. I will need
you to contact Alhaji and inform him that you are the
direct supplier of the vaccine and that you will sell to him at the
price of €4,000 per carton. He will not hesitate to start negotiating
with you to carry out the supply. If you are
interested to be my partner in this transaction, please reply immediately for
more details on how to execute this lucrative deal.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Samantha Abuchi

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