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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447010025611 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- 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.
- garryblair1012@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Garry Blair <information@myemail.com>
Reply-To: garryblair1012@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 20:01:36 +0000
Subject: Business Proposal To Supply Natural Herbal Seed
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Dear Sir,
Please do not be dismayed, I got your contact from an E-business directory
and decided to reach you in regards to a business proposal.
I work with a Pharmaceutical company in the United Kingdom that manufactures
medicines and other health care products known as Artis Medical
Chemical Company. We
are interested in buying a raw material in India.
This material is a dry seed extract from the Northeast part of India as we
are meant to understand.
It is a regular monthly demand of about 500 (Two hundred)packets.
Unit price of each packet is 3700 GBP with weight of about 100 gram.
We lost contact with our previous supplier and currently do not have any
supplier for this product.
I know the contact of the local dealer in India who supplies to our previous
supplier. The local dealer supplies this product to our previous supplier in
the amount of 1600 GBP per packet.
I require an honest business partner whom I will release the contact of the
local dealer in India. Who get to buy from the local dealer and supply to my
company at the same rate of 3700 GBP or higher, In return give me 30% profit
made.
Mode of delivery of product is usually DAF (Delivered At Frontier). It is
safe and risk free with assured profit.
If you are interested in doing business with me please provide me with the
information regarding yourself, contact number and job description. Then I
will guide you in full details how to proceed to make contact directly with
my company.
You can call me on: +447010025611 for further information, and have a
discussion regarding this.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Garry Blair
+447010025611
Email: garryblair1012@gmail.com
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