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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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Fraud email example:

From: "jallar.morgan16@zipmail.com.br" <jallar.morgan16@zipmail.com.br>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:03:40 -0200
Subject: PRESIDENTIAL BUSINESS NEEDED URGENT


Dear Sir,

My name is Mr. Jallar Morgan , and my former boss is in business with Mr. Ture Bature the president of Bature Agro Allied Farms who owns the biggest live stock farms in West Africa . They also own largest Cocoa , Cotton, Coffee and Palm tree plantations in our country Cote d’Ivoire .

The former company I worked for made a very big financial breakthrough when we made contact with the Bature Group and began to supply Animal medicines to them. He had informed us about the huge amount of money he spends on the purchase of a particular but very important Animal medicine. Precisely, he buys €4,500 per carton. He asked if our organisation can source for a cheaper supplier.

We did market research and discovered that we can buy the medicine in Europe for €2,000 per carton. We moved a proposal to Bature Group to supply them at €4,000 per carton which they accepted. As the supplies progressed and my boss was doing fine, I requeste d my boss to give me my entitlement as he promised earlier.  He refused and even sacked me without benefits after a long time of dedicated work for him. Now my former boss supplies this Business magnet the medicine for his livestock at the price of €4, 000.00 per carton.

Now due to what my boss did to me, I contacted the Bature Group and informed them that I will link them directly to the Manufacturers of the vaccine from where my boss buys at the rate of €3,500 per carton. I am contacting you because the Bature Group accepted my offer and has stopped further dealings with my boss.

The President of the Bature Group has promised me in confidence to deal only with me and my foreign supplier if we actually have the medicine. I have given him my word but inform him that my foreign contact will supply them the best quality of the medicine at the price indicated but must receive 100% advance payment before he supply to them of which they have accepted.
The reason why I contacted you for this deal now is that, I have the contact of the company that supply the vaccine to my former boos in Europe at the rate of €2000 per caton. I want you to contact the Bature Group and inform them that you are the direct supplier of the vaccine and that you will sell to them at the price of €3,500 per carton.

If your organization is interested to handle this business please get back to me immediately so I can give you more details on how to execute this lucrative deal.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Jallar Morgan

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