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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: export trading <waltergarydependentman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 07:02:53 +0530
Subject: LOCAL DEALER WANTED

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LOCAL AGENT WANTED
HELLO SIR.

MY NAME IS DR WALTER GARY AND I AM 55 YRS OLD I AM WORKING WITH A BUSINESS
CONSULTANT COMPANY BASED IN U.K,I HAVE A BUSINESS CONTACT OF A WRIST AND
PHARMACIST MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN SOUTHWEST EUROPE A MULTI-NATIONAL
COMPANY BASED IN MADRID SPAIN .THIS COMPANY PROCURES MOST OF THEIR RAW
MATERIALS FROM YOUR COUNTRY, SINCE THE PAST FEW YEARS. I IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH AN INDIAN BUSINESSMAN, HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING SOME INDUSTRIAL RAW
MATERIALS TO THE COMPANY , SINCE THE PAST FEW YEARS AND HE IS AN EXPORTER,
EXPORTING GARMENT FROM DUBAI TO INDIA WITH HIS FAMILY BASED IN DUBAI. I GOT
YOUR
MAIL CONTACT THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE WEB SEARCH QUICK SITE IN INDIAN SITES.


MY PROPOSAL;
I AM LOOKING FOR A RELIABLE BUSINESSMAN THAT UNDERSTANDS THE LOCAL LANGUAGE
WHO WILL ASSIST ME CONTACT THE LOCAL DEALER OF THESE PRODUCT IN YOUR
COUNTRY AND ALSO PLAY THE FULL ROLE OF MY LATE PARTNER. I HAVE CALLEDTHE
LOCAL DEALER MANY TIMES BUT COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE LOCAL LANGUAGE,TO
ENABLE ME NEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF THE SUPPLY WITH THEM. THIS PROPOSAL IS
RISK FREE AND WILL BE ANOTHER INCOME GENERATING BUSINESS BESIDES
YOURSPECIALIZATION. THIS COMPANY PAYS IN CASH IMMEDIATELY THEY VERIFY THE
SAMPLE OF 100GRAMS AND BULK PURCHASE OF THE RAW MATERIAL.
OUR LAST SUPPLY WAS 15.5KG WHICH IS US$ 610,000[SIX HUNDRED AND TENTHOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS] AND OUR PURCHASE FROM THE LOCAL DEALER
WASUS$360,000[THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSANDS UNITED STATES DOLLARS] WE
DIDNOT SUPPLE ALL AT THE SAME TIME, WE SUPPLIED IT IN TWO DAYS. I WILL GIVE
YOU MORE DETAILS OF THIS PROPOSALS THE MOMENT I HEAR FROM YOU, AND I WILL
PERSONALLY COME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO SUPERVISE THE SUPPLY. REPLY
TO;waltergarydependentman@gmail.com

BEST REGARDS,
DR, WALTER GARY;
TEL; +447017042086

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