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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <billbagley1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 20:53:13 -0700
Subject: Hope to read from you soon.

Dear Sir,

Our company is in urgent need for a supplier of a medicinal herbal
solution vital in the production of vaccines and antiviral drugs for
animals produced in India. I am Mr.Bill Bagley working here in London,
in United Kingdom. These herbal oil seed are locally preserved for
medicinal purposes in INDIA and is used as an ingredient for
production of animal vaccines and antibodies like Oseltamivir, an
antiviral animal drug, that slows the spread of influenza (flu) virus
between cells in the body, by stopping the virus from chemically
cutting ties with its host cell.

The medicinal Herbal solution are sourced and sold in India at the
rate of $3000.00 US DOLLARS per sachet but our company buy at the rate
of $7000.00 US DOLLARS per sachet from our former supplier. So for
everyone sachet you sell to my company, you will make US$4000.00 as
profit per sachet. And my company's bulk purchase order is usually 500
sachets. So, calculate $4000 into 500 sachets, that would be your
total profit per supply. And this would six supplies in a year ( A
supply in a every two months ).

Our company former supplier had some business dispute with my company
and presently my company are no longer in business dealings with him.
At present the management of our company are very much in need of
another supplier of these herbal oil seed. Meanwhile nobody in the
company knows the source of these materials except the former supplier
and myself. I kept this information to myself due to my personal
interest in this business opportunity.

If you can invest time and money in buying the herbal solution from
the local seller in INDIA, whom I will give her contact details to you
and you sell to my company, whatever the profit we will share after
you deduct any expenses incurred in the transaction. I will only ask
for 30% from the total profit and 70% for you.

This will be a long term business transaction, on receipt of your
positive response, I will give you more information and If you are
interested.

Hope to read from you soon.

Yours Sincerely
Mr.Bill Bagley

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