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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Newton Philip," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <philipw908@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:54:32 +0530
Subject: PROPOSAL OF PARTNERSHIP..



Greeting to You,

I am a farm animal research doctor working with Alliance Pharmaceuticals groups UK, I have once been in India 3 years ago in purchase of a herbal seed product which are using for some of our farms treatment vaccines like all type of livestock and wild reserves animals when I personally discovers the seed from in India seller from my research.

The names of the seeds usually buys over there is called Obirion herbs seed, and am buying the seed from a dealer over there in India at the rate of 850 dollars each pack of 400 grams, when I was in the position purchasing officer then and i comes back to account to the Chief executive officer Mr. John Dawson, at the rate of 1,650 dollars and make personal profit then but present am no more in that seat of purchasing officer which they have employed a new man in that position as purchasing officer and they are demanding me to present details of where I discovered buying the seed from India those I use to be there .

the fact is that is not possible for me to release the dealer details directly to them due my profits secret from my purchase those days and I don't want anyone to discovered the location of the original dealer in your country that is why am seeking your partnership proposal for you to stand by me as the dealer i use buy it from India to the company chief executive officer Mr. John Dawson, to avoid him going direct to the dealer.

Am contacting you to seek your partnership and come into agreement if you can stand for me as the original dealer I use to buy the original seeds from in India so that I can present your details to my boss to make order communications with you as the dealer and if you can be able to handle it for me we are going to share 50/50% of the profits after the you have successfully supplied the seed to the coming new purchasing officer to India.

let me know if you can partnership with me in this regards so that i can do the needful by given you the original details of the seeds dealer where am buying from, for you to make inquiry too and know more about the seeds from an Indian dealer who am buying from place. ???????????????

Have a wonderful evening with your family...

Best regards
Philip Newton William,
Mobile: 00447756328663


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