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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: Ms karen Blair <blair_mskaren@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ms.karen.blair@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 03:27:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT NEEDED,




Hello Dear,
 
First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Miss Karen Blair, I'm from Enland, United Kingdom. I'm working as a marketing consultant/supplier with some animal Farm Companies here in England. I'm specifically into buying and supplying of Vaccines and Immunology products..................... I normally travel to Malaysia where I purchase this product and supply to our company here in UK.
 
The name of the product is Adequan 1..m injection Rx/equine. The Adequan is a Vaccine medicine used for treating animals, such as Horses, Cattle, Cows, Dogs and etc. There has been a high level of demand in our company for the product. The board of directors normally send me to Malaysia to purchase the Vaccine. The medicine is very cheap in Malaysia compared to U.S and Europe, in U.S. and Europe, per carton of the product cost $5,000 to $6,500 while in Malaysia I only buy it for $2200.. (all prices are quoted in US Dollars).
 
I was suppose to go to Malaysia again this month, but due to my health condition I can't make it. I'm presently hospitalized due to a car accident. Now the board of Directors want to appoint a new staff as the purchasing manager to go over to Malaysia and purchase the product. They have asked me to give them the contacts of the supplier, but I don't want to disclose to our company the direct contacts of the supplier, because I don't want them to find out the real cost of the product. I normally purchase the products from the Malaysian supplier at the rate of $2200 per carton, while I supply to our company at the rate of $4000 per carton.
 
I'm contacting you because I am looking for a dependable individual that I can trust, someone who will be willing and honest enough to carry out this transaction with diligence to the best of his/her ability. Our company normally place order from a minimum of 50 cartons to a maximum of 100 cartons in every purchase. and it's every one or two months supply depending on the demand here in UK........
 
Please If this business proposition offends your moral and ethic values, do accept my sincere apology and ignore it. But If you are interested please contact me so that I can inform you on what next to do.

Best Regard,

Ms Karen Blair.




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