419 scam: BUSINESS ASSISTANCE <cd18@favourmelord.onmicrosoft.com> BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

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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:

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: BUSINESS ASSISTANCE <cd18@favourmelord.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <eric.morse30@live.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 20:28:22 +0530
Subject: BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

HELLO DEAR, I AM ERIC.MORSE
I got your contact from a business directory and I decided to contact you for a business with our company.
I work with a multi national jewelry company that produce diamond wrist watches and jewelries from precious stone in UK and USA.
There is a raw material called Moka Stone, which our company always send me to purchase from India. Right now I have been promoted to the post of production manager and the company cannot send me to India again, our director has asked me for the contact of the local dealer in India, to enable them send the new purchasing manager to India to purchase the product directly from the dealer in India.

This material can only be found in India and Fiji only but cheaper in India. I want you to act as the dealer. I will present you to the company
as the dealer in India where I was purchasing this product. You would now purchase the products from the dealer who I used to buy from, and supply to our company with you as the direct dealer. The profit would be shared between you and I. This business is very lucrative and it is continuous.
After purchase from original seller you would sell to our new purchasing manager, then we share the profit.

Your role must be played perfectly and the least I expect from you is betrayal.
I donâ€™t want my organization to know the real cost of the product for obvious reasons.
Kindly revert back to me if you are interested.
Regards
eric.morse

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