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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: "David whyte" <t.mawatari@s-spirits.co.jp>
Reply-To: w4yt3@yandex.com
Date: 22 Jul 2022 01:51:43 -0700
Subject: Re:Good day

Good day

I am David whyte, I work as a research assistant with a laboratory in UK, I have an interesting proposal with a reasonable profit for you.

Honestly I'm looking for a reliable businessman/individual in your region to represent my company in sourcing some of our basic raw material used in the manufacturing of high quality Anti-Viral Vaccines, Cancer treatment and other life saving Pharmaceutical Products.

This may not be your specialization but it will be another income generating business out of your specialty. This is because Our company is yet to locateany seller to buy from, however, I have been able to discover a local dealer who can supply us with this product. He is selling at a cheap rate, which is far cheaper than our previous purchases.


Kindly reply me urgently through my email on w4yt3@yandex.com  if you are interested.

Best Regard

David whyte
Research Assistant
Research and Development Department
w4yt3@yandex.com

 

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