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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "B. Grille" <bert@miniflat.com>
Reply-To: bernardgrilles@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2020 01:15:28 +0200
Subject: Good day.


Good Day, I am writing this letter in other to inform you of a business tha=
t will benefit both of us immensely as long as you will make up your mind t=
o co-operate accordingly but before going into details, I want you to take =
note that this business is not a child's play or something to toy with rath=
er it is a business that will give us the opportunity to make lots of money=
. I have been unjustly treated by my partner in a transaction so I seek you=
r help, attention and genuine co-operation to our mutual benefit and I beli=
eve that you will not let down the trust and confidence I am about to repos=
e on you. I have been working in an import and export firm that pays me abo=
ut two hundred dollars per month for the past ten years. I worked with this=
company as the product sourcing manager. Between the 17th - 19th of Feb., =
2014 a seminar was held in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire of which I attended. While=
in the Seminar, I was opportuned to meet one Alhadji who introduced himsel=
f to me as the president and CEO of his company. This Alhaji is an accompli=
shed and well known millionaire farmer in this region. Apart from his farms=
here in Abidjan, he has cattle farms in MALI, SENEGAL, GUINEA, BURKINA FAS=
O and CHAD. Above all, he is one of the greatest suppliers of cattle, beef =
and other dairy products in this part of the West Coast. On knowing my prof=
ession, he took me into confidence by informing me about the purchase of a =
particular but very rare medicine for his cattle. He informed me about the =
huge amount of money he spends purchasing a particular cattle medicine. Pre=
cisely, he pays US$2,000 per carton. He asked if my organization could sour=
ce for a cheaper supplier for him. Back in my office, I carried out a marke=
t research and discovered that we could purchase this medicine cheaper some=
where 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 t=
o the Alhaji to supply him with this vaccine at US$1,500.00 per carton whic=
h he accepted. My company made a very big financial breakthrough when we st=
arted supplying this vaccine to this wealthy farmer. As these supplies prog=
ressed my boss made huge profit from the contract.I requested for an increa=
se in my salary and my commission but my boss was so upset at my request th=
at he sacked me without benefits after ten years of dedicated service there=
by reneged on our agreement. I have since accepted it as one of life experi=
ences. I was so desperate that I went to Alhaji and informed him that I hav=
e a foreign contact that will be willing to supply him this same product at=
US$1,250. per carton. Alhaji in turn, confided in me that he is about to p=
lace order for 4500 cartons of this same medicine following a suspected out=
break of disease in his farms.I assured Alhaji that my foreign contact will=
be in the position to manufacture and supply to him this vaccine at a comp=
any rate of US$1,250 per carton. In fact, I convinced Alhaji that my former=
boss usually buys the medicine from my foreign contact and that is why he =
sells to him at a higher price. CONSEQUENTLY,I INFORMED HIM THAT HE WILL HA=
VE TO PAY CASH IN ADVANCE BEFORE MY FOREIGN CONTACT WILL SUPPLY THIS VACCIN=
E TO HIM. Right now, he has stopped all communications with my boss. I ther=
efore 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 i=
mmediately for details and negotiations on what is going to be my commissio=
n. We will get the medicine from the producers at US$575 and supply the Alh=
aji at US$1250 per carton of 12 bottles(500ml). PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH M=
Y PRIVATE EMAIL FOR MORE DETAILS BELOW; bernardgrilles@gmail.com Anticipati=
ng your response at the earliest. Sincerely Yours, Bernard Grille

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