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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: "Mr. Nana Owusuh," <nanaowusuh3@o2.pl> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nanaowusuh@yahoo.cn
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:42:58 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Purchasing Chemicals in India




Dear Friend,

Greetings! I am contacting you for this huge business opportunity which
will benefit our respective persons; this is typically business we can
handle together with understanding.

My name is Mr. Nana Owusuh; I am the research manager in Owusuh Veterinary
Chemical Company Ghana Ltd (OVCCGHLTD.) Our Company is into production of
Pharmaceutical Products and mainly in Veterinary Medicines in Ghana.

There is Viticiline Oil Liquid Chemical that our company need very urgent
for the production of Animal drugs.

This particular Chemical can be only found in India and I have located the
India local dealer who has the chemical. I decided to contact you to
enable us do this business together, my director use to purchase most of
the chemical from Pakistan at the rate OF $33,000 USD per five liter
gallon at that time. Now it is very scarce and my India contacts sell a
gallon at $34,700 USD.

I told my Director that the current prize in India is at the rate of
$57,700 USD per gallon and he is very happy and he has instructed me to
open discussion with the sellers.

I will want you to stand as the seller of this chemical because of the
price difference upon hearing from you then I will forward to you the
India contacts so that you can contact them and negotiate the quantity
they have in stock.

If you are interested and capable to handling this business smoothly with
me, kindly reply me back for more details. We discuss more on this matter
and then I will forward to you the Indian local dealer contact details as
I mentioned above, and also my company’s director contact detail and
present you to my company as the seller.

Reply me with this email address ( nanaowusuh@yahoo.cn )
Awaiting your urgent reply
Regards,
Mr. Nana Owusuh,

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