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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: Sadi Siba <sadi_siba77@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Sadi Siba <sadi.siba77@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 09:05:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Friend





Dear friend,
 
I need a reliable businessman whom I will present to my company as the supplier to enable the management contact him to confirm availability of a Chemical materials and issue him an Official Purchase Order that's why I decided to contact you for a business. The company I work with is into local manufacturing of animal drugs materials, there is a Chemical my Director used to send me to buy but right now I have had a serious accident that has kept me in hospital for the past eight months, and our company can not send me again,my director want to travel by himself to go and buy the cemical and I don’t want my director to know the current price of the material because I used to add some money on top and sell to the company I work with,
 
I am contacting you to stand as the seller  so that I will give my director your contact as the Chemical supplier and also give you direct contact of local dealer in so that you will buy from them and sell to the director so that we can make profit,the Chemical current price is 1,500 Dollars while I supply my director at the rate of 9,200 Dollars for one liter, I want you to understand that both of us will share the profit that we will make from my director if you are interested to handle the business because my Director use to buy up to 100 liters.
 
Regards,

Sadi Siba

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