419 scam: "Jc Duke"<hr@xin-group.com> PRODUCT SUPPLY CONTRACT

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- jduke001@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jc Duke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jDuke001@consultant.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:39:22 -0700
Subject: PRODUCT SUPPLY CONTRACT

Dear Friend,

I wish to introduce you to a very lucrative business. I worked as a product sourcing manager with an import and export
company here in Cote d'Ivoire.

In a business seminar I attended sometimes in 2014, I met one Alhaji, who is the president & CEO of a big
cattle and dairy farm here in my country. Alhaji informed me that he needed a particular vaccine which he
usually buys at USD2,000 per carton and he buys up wards of 3000 cartons every three months.

Back in my office, I carried out a market research and discovered that we could purchase this medicine cheaper somewhere in
Europe for US$575.00 per carton.

I discussed this proposal with my boss and he decided to handle the supply by himself.
We moved a proposal to the Alhaji to supply him with this vaccine at US$1,500.00 per carton which he accepted.
My boss has supplied this vaccine to Alhaji for more than four times now, making a very huge profit.

My problem now is that my boss has vehemently refused to pay me my share of the profit as we agreed.
As a result of this, I decided to arrange with Alhaji to link him to the real producers of the vaccine who will
give him the vaccine at a cheaper rate. After my discussion with Alhaji, I offered to supply him the vaccine at
a cheaper rate of rate of USD1,250 per carton of 12 bottles. Alhaji accepted my offer and now wants to place order for
morethan 3000 cartons of the vaccine.

Right now, Alhaji has stopped all communications with my boss.
I therefore wish to present you as my foreign contact so that you can handle the supplies to the Alhaji.
If you can handle the contract, kindly contact me immediately for details and negotiations on what is going
to be my commission.
We will get the medicine from the producers at US$575 and supply to Alhaji at US$1250 per carton of 12 bottles(500ml).

Kindly be notified that at no point in time should you let Alhaji know the contacts of our real source of this product in Europe so
that they wouldn't bypass us to deal directly with them.

Anticipating your response at the earliest.
Send your response to: jDuke001@consultant.com

Thanks and God bless you.

JC Duke

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