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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: Alexis Jerry <bobf8372@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 23:24:42 -0800
Subject: urgent supplier


Hello,
There is a product my company use in manufacturing of medicines, We buy th=
is product from Nepal but i found the contact of the supplier of the same p=
roduct in China through an agent and its very cheap to compare the price we=
used to buy from Nepal but i wouldn't like to refer my company direct to t=
he supplier in China because i want to increase the price and make money, i=
will like you to act as the Supplier from China.
I know this is not your line of business but you don't require any experti=
se nor license to do this.The product is called yartsa gombo/winter worm (n=
atural). We use it to produce medicine for cancer. I will refer my company =
to you as the supplier then i give u the contact of the Dealer in China whe=
re u will buy at very cheap rate and sell to my company at higher rate and =
u give me 40% of the profit generated in the whole transactions.
Its my friend who works as an agent that helped source a particular suppli=
er whose product has been proven efficient.The product is sold at $120.00 =
per pack of 1kg there but you will sell to my company at $300/kg because we=
used to buy from Nepal at the rate of $500/kg. I have the contact of a Lab=
where the authentic quality is extracted but i don't want to refer my comp=
any directly to the dealer, you will be a middle man between my company and=
the dealer, I mean you will buy from the dealer and sell to my company, it=
's a form of buying and selling.
This will be a continues transaction and not only one time, My company wil=
l come to China to pay you and collect goods. If you are willing to handle =
the transaction I will give you the contact details of the supplier in Chin=
a where you will get the product.
Best Regards.
Alexis Jerry
Email : bobf8372@gmail.com

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