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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: Bernard Lawrence <allenker6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: benlaw1102@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:37:21 -0900
Subject: Business Proposal

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Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Bernard Lawrence. I am the Purchasing Manager of a major
Pharmaceutical Company in London-UK. I got your email address from a
reliable portal in my desperate search for a trustworthy potential partner.
I have a proposal that will be of mutual benefit to you and me. I would
like you to supply LAMIVUDINE MEDICINAL HERBS to our company.Our company
uses these medicinal herbs for the production of HIV antiviral drugs.

This herb is very scarce and rare to find. If you are not able to, look for
a capable trustworthy person to handle the business for our collective
benefit. Recently, through an error made by a courier company, I was
privileged to know where the herb is sold and the price. 20 grams sachet of
this herb is actually sold at the price of $940 by the farmer. But our
company supplier sells it to our company at the price of $1,650 per sachet.

This shows that the supplier makes a profit of $710 on each sachet and our
company orders a minimum of 8000 sachets to a maximum of 15,000 sachets of
this herb per order and this happens quarterly (every three months). One
remarkable thing about this supply contract is that our company pays a 50%
mobilization fee of the total amount to the supplier in advance for every
order placed. 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 of business or not. This is because I will be available to
facilitate the business by guiding and telling you what to do at every
point in time.

In your own case, you will buy the herbs at the cost of $940 per sachet and
supply to our company at the cost of $1,500 per sachet so you can beat the
price of our regular supplier and still make a profit
of $560 on each sachet. Our company need 5,000 sachets urgently because we
are running out of stock.
I shall give you all the necessary assistance and information you need
including the contact details of the farmer where you can buy the sample
that will be used for lab test once your application is
accepted.
All I want from the business is 40% of the profit while you take 60%
as the supplier.

I hereby request you to restrict our communication and correspondence to
email only for the security of our conversation relating this offer.
If you are interested let me know so I can send you more details.

Yours sincerely,
Bernard Lawrence

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