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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.Perry William <xx@yy>
Reply-To: dr.pwilliam42@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:57:43 -0700
Subject: Business Opportunity


Hello and Good Day, I got your contact from the international business dire=
ctory and Industry (yellow page) and I decided to contact you directly for =
a business with my company if you can understand English and India Language=
(Hindi). Our company is into production of Pharmaceutical products and Ani=
mal Vaccines.There are some materials that my company needs from India for =
development and manufacturing of Veterinary Medicines, animal food dietary =
and supplement. We have been purchasing the materials from Kenya in Africa =
but it is very scarce now and we got somebody in India who is selling same =
product but we are having problem with the owner of the products because of=
one Dr. Rajesh who introduce him to us has betrayed us in our first busine=
ss and now we are having a language barrier with the local dealer. We are l=
ooking forward starting a long and healthy business relationship with you. =
Please feel free to writing me back for further information about the profi=
table business deal.Note: If you are not interested in business, then you c=
an reply with a simple "NO" and we will never contact you again. Regards, D=
r. Perry William E-mail: dr.pwilliam42@gmail.com

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