419 scam: Gregory Andrews <cpitvikaskumar@gmail.com> I, Wait Your Reply.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- gregoryandrews825@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Gregory Andrews <cpitvikaskumar@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gregoryandrews825@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:31:40 -0700
Subject: I, Wait Your Reply.

Dear Sir,

Compliments,

I am Dr. Gregory Andrews, from Ashford, Kent UK, I am Married with two
children. I got your contact details from a business directory here in
London and decided to contact you directly for a business proposal with my
company.

Our company offer a wide range of core generics with specialties in
respiratory, analgesics and anti-infectives against dangerous diseases like
Cancer, HIV, Asmer and many more. There are some pharmaceutical raw
materials (Cloniburg material) which I usually purchase on behalf of our
company from Thailand for the past 2 years. Presently I have been promoted
to the post of General Manager(Admin); hence my company can no longer send
me to Thailand to buy the materials because of my new position. More
importantly, I have been informed that this raw materials is sold at a
cheaper rate in India.

Now my company needs this raw material urgently. The director of my
company has asked me for the contact details of the local farmer in India,
which I am yet to give to him. I need a reliable and trustworthy business
partner whom i will present to the company as the direct local farmer in
India to enable the management to contact him to confirm availability of
the materials and issue him an Official Purchase Order to source the
materials for my company.

This business is risk free and the profit margin is very good, which would
be shared between you and I. Why i don't want the company to have direct
contact of the local farmer is simply because i don't want the company to
know the actual price of the raw material.

If you are interested kindly reply me for more details via my personal
Email: gregoryandrews825@gmail.com

Thanks & Regards,
Dr. Gregory Andrews

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