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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: rosemary7@actoning.com
Reply-To: rosemaryibrah1@gmaill.com
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 12:31:48 +0000
Subject: Hellooooooooooo..................


Hello, I am pleased to receive your response to my mail and I hope to estab=
lish a true friendship with you. My name is Rose Mary Ibrahimovic from Lond=
on UK, I work as a senior marketer in a diamond company in London UK (Inved=
ia Industrial Diamond Plc). I contacted you because I need a trusted person=
who can handle the contract of supplying a product to my company. Firstly =
I want you to know that this project is for a serious minded person, So If =
it doesn't interest you kindly disregard it and delete this message for con=
fidential reasons. My company urgently need 1000 cartons of a local product=
called DIATOLLIN OIL, The product is used for cleaning Gold and Diamond st=
ones (The size of a bottle is 8.2cm, volume is 300ml and the packing is 6 b=
ottles in one carton). My boss normally buy each carton of this product for=
?3500 (Euro) until it became scarce in the Europe market. During my resear=
ch, I found a store in Senegal (Africa) that have this product in stock and=
they are selling a carton for only ?1500 but I didn't tell anyone about it=
because I want you to supply this product to my company at the initial cos=
t of ?3500 which my boss normal purchase it. There is no risk in this busin=
ess and you will not invest your money in this transaction because my boss =
will send you the money to supply this product. I have a good reputation in=
my company and I can assure you that this business will be successful. I w=
ill only introduce you to my boss as a reliable agent who can supply this p=
roduct and you will also tell my boss that you will supply the product for =
?3500 per carton because that is the price which my boss has budgeted. Belo=
w is how you will do the transaction after receiving payments to supply 100=
0 cartons in London UK: You will purchase the product from the store for ?1=
500 per carton You will be supplying the product to my company for ?3500 pe=
r carton Our profit in one carton is ?2000 (EURO) Our total profit in 1000 =
cartons will be ?2 Million, which You and Me will share 50/50 (Equal) I am =
revealing this information to you because I trust your personality and I al=
so believe that you can handle this transaction since there is no illegal a=
ctivities involved. Presently, I am writing you this mail from Estonia wher=
e I am representing my company in a program but my location doesn't matter =
since we can be communicating through this medium and phone too. Once you s=
how interest to handle this project, I will inform my boss that you are a r=
eliable agent who can supply this product to them so that he will contact y=
ou immediately. Meanwhile before we start this transaction, I would like to=
confirm your personal details e.g (Names..................................=
Nationality............................. Age..............................=
=2E........ Occupation........................... Photo....................=
=2E............... Phone number...................... I have attached my ph=
oto as a proof of authenticity towards this proposal and I hope to hear fro=
m you, Thanks. Best regards Rose Mary.

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