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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Adama Bamba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abamba4321@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2016 12:06:01 -0500
Subject: Business Proposal for you

Dear Prospective Partner,

How are you? I hope you are fine. My name is Mr. Bamba, the Purchasing Manager of a Pharmaceutical Company in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire. I got your esteemed contact information from a trusted portal. I have a business proposition that will be of mutual benefit to you and me. I would like you to supply a unique herb to our company. Our company uses this medicinal herb for the production of Ebola vaccine and it’s very scarce and rare to find. This vaccine has been tested positive for the treatment of Ebola.

Recently, through an error made by one of the companies who supply these herbs to our company, I was privileged to know that the herb is sold at the price of $1,250 per 20 grams/weight sachet. But the seller supply to our company at the price of $1,850 per 20 grams weight. This shows that the supplier makes a profit of $600 on each 20 grams/weight sachet. Our company orders a minimum of 5,000 packets of 20 grams/weight sachet and a maximum of 10,000 packets of 20 grams/weight sachet every three months; and the good thing about this business is that our company makes full payment in advance to the supplier for every supply to be made. This is because the herb is in high demand for the eradication of further spread of Ebola in Africa, especially West Africa where the dreaded disease has killed over five thousand in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Therefore, what I want you to do now is to take up this supply contract and it doesn't need any formal experience, and it does not matter whether it is your line

All I want from the business is 30% of the profit while you take 70%. If you are interested, please get back to me urgently so I can give you further details. Expecting your earliest reply through my email: abamba1963@yahoo.com

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Bamba
Email: abamba1963@yahoo.com

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