419 scam: info@mfa.gov.ng Can you handle this supply?

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- alexvadam@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@mfa.gov.ng
Reply-To: alexvadam@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:16:17 -0700
Subject: Can you handle this supply?

Dear Sir,

I am contacting you regarding of our company's urgent need for Virtom fresh oil Liquid and it is found in INDIA recently.
It is the major product our company has been using since 2012. Our company is currently buying these products from
a supplier in RUSSIA, Recently I found out that these same products are sold in INDIA at a cheaper price than (RUSSIA price)
and I do not wish to let anyone in our company know about this because of my interest in the business. I intend to
present you as a supplier (You will be a Middleman between our company and the local vendor in INDIA) so that our company
will not know the main-source of the product. This is just a kind of buying and selling. If you are willing to cooperate
with me by giving me some percentage from the profit you will make in this business at the end of the transaction, I will
send you my director's contact detail then you will send him an offer, telling him that you are the supplier of the Virtom
fresh oil Liquid in INDIA and that you got his contact through INDIA Marketing Directory. As soon as he indicate interest to
buy, you will let him know that the stock is ready and you are willing to supply Him the product as long as they make
payments and accept delivery in your country INDIA only. Once they accept your terms, I will forward you the contact details
of the agent where you will get the product in INDIA. Then all profits made by you doing the transaction will be shared between you and me, after deduction of taxes, expenses, etc. This would be a long term business relationship between you and our company. Our company will pay you before you supply and also our company will do the shipment of the product themselves from INDIA to Nigeria.
Please reply at: alexvadam@yahoo.it
Thanks
Mr. Alex Adams.
REPLY HERE: alexvadam@yahoo.it

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