419 scam: "Fredrick Clifton" <fred@chem-ret.co.uk> URGENT

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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!

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Fredrick Clifton" <fred@chem-ret.co.uk>
Reply-To: fredrclfton@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:04:36 +0800
Subject: URGENT

Hello

I am Fredrick Clifton, i work with a CHEMICAL CO. We supply to the industries here in UK. a chemical used for the purification of rough diamonds and precious stones. This chemical is in high demand here in UK and i found it very cheap in Asia precisely Malaysia. it is manufactured in North Korea but because of the Export duties in North Korea and some product cannot be exported directly to UK that is why we buy from Agents, i need a middle person who can transact the business with me, the person will buy from the agent in Malaysia, and resale to my company at the quoted price.

If you are interested i will introduce you to my company as the agent dealing on this chemical in Asia, you will buy from the agent and resale to my company. my company will be sending our representative to Asia to purchase this chemical and i don't want them to go directly to the agent because of the price which i have quoted to them for this will cause a conflict of interest and i stand the risk of losing my job that is the more reason i need a middle person in this transaction(the person am supposed to use as middle man is not buoyant)..

This business is in this dimension as you will not take my company representative to the main distributor to avoid direct transaction from the source, since this is where we will be making our profits, thereafter share the profits after mapping out the money input costs. I don't know if we can make this together as this is a long term and continuous business, if this is acceptable by you get back to me ASAP. this is a personal deal between you and I, and i hope we make our partnership/friendship/relationship indelible.

Yours Faithfully

Fredrick Clifton

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