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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: "Mr. Jan Wraga" <georgewilson200923@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wragaj904@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 00:40:07 -0700
Subject: I need a trusted Business person to handle this opportunity

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Sir,

I need a trusted Business person to handle this opportunity



Our company is interested in buying Medicinal herbal raw materials in
large quantities.

Can you supply this product from your country? Concentrated herbal raw
materials are used for production of Medicines for the treatment of
HIV AIDS and Hepatitis B.

I recently found it to be much cheaper than what our company is
currently buying from the old Supplier.

If you are ready to cooperate with me in this business I will give
you the contact of the dealer so that you can bridge the gap between
them and our company and have the product supplied directly by your
company and after we share the profit together that is my interest.

Contact or inbox me for more detailed explanations.

Regards,

Mr. Jan Wraga

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