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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: Kimnand Lampard <lkimnand@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 01:42:44 +0530
Subject: VERY URGENT LUCRATIVE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

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Hello,
Sorry for intruding into your privacy.
I am Mr.
Kimnand Lampard,

I got your contact email from the international business directorate
and I decided to let you know about the lucrative business
opportunity of supplying a raw material to the company
where I work as a staff,
I am an employee to a multi international company.

we use a certain raw material in our pharmaceutical firm
for the manufacture of animal vaccines and many more.

My intention is to give you the contact information of the
local manufacturer of this raw material in India and every
detail regarding how to supply the material to my company
if you're interested, my company can pay in advance for this
material.

Due to some reasons, which I will explain in my next email,
I cannot procure this material and supply it to my company
myself due to the fact that I am a staff in the company.

Please get back to me as soon as possible
for further detail if you are interested.

Thanks, and regards
Kimnand.

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