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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: Litmus Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Reply-To: <mr.slatifahpatricks@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 08:08:54 +0530
Subject: My Name is Mrs. Latifah Patricks

Litmus Pharmaceuticals Ltd
85 King William St, London EC4N 7BL,
United Kingdom.
Tel: +448712374464

My name is Mrs. Latifah Patricks. I am the purchasing manager of Litmus pharmaceutical company UK.
My company is in urgent need of KHAIR BITTER SEED. This seed is used for production of diabetes medicine, hormone enhancement and treatment of Parkinson disease.
I need a very honest and reliable person from India who can partner with me for the supply of this SEED from India.
This bitter seed can be found in the Ranthambore National Park in India as you can check this website for reference purpose: http://www.ecoindia.com/flora/trees/
Immediately I receive your positive response, I will give you more details about the business and I shall immediately send you the contacts of the local sellers of this seed so that you can contact them for purchase and then watch the big profit roll into your account.
This Business is100% risk free. It’s a matter of Buy and Sell.
For any queries or questions, please kindly send a mail to me at
Email: mr.slatifahpatricks@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +448712374464
NB: this is just business proposal. You can accept it or reject it. The choice is yours.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Latifah Patricks

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