419 scam: "Dr. Michael Owen"<drmichael2016@yandex.com> SUPPLY IS NEEDED IN ASSIAN

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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: "Dr. Michael Owen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drowenmichael177@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 04:13:57 -0800
Subject: SUPPLY IS NEEDED IN ASSIAN

Hello,

I hope this mail will find you having a wonderful time. My name is Dr. Michael Owen from England, I work as a Lab Scientist with a Pharmaceutical firm here in England. I am writing you because of a supply deal with good profit I would like to introduce to you if you will be interested and have the capability to handle the supply from Asia to the company where I work. I had been in partnership with a supplier from Kathmandu prior to now, but after the disastrous earthquake on April last year 2015 in the country, all effort to reach him via email and phone proved abortive. I need a reliable person to introduce to my company here in UK for constant supply and the product in question is normally from northern part of India, and after each deal is successfully completed, I will expect from you my share of the profit. Kindly revert back to get more details about the lucrative supply.

Regards,

Dr. Michael. Owen

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