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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Bob Kings" <bobkings8511@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 06:32:57 -1200
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Good Day My Friend,
My name is Bob Kings, a UK based staff, I am looking for a reliable
business minded person, and have a higher or little English communication
skills, I Wish to let you know about the business opportunity of supplying
raw material from India to the firm I am working for. I am an employee of a
multinational animal vaccines production company in the Poland and UK,
working as the new production manager.
There is raw material which our company always sends me to purchase from
India.
Right now I have been sick for more than 5 months, and the company cannot
send me to India again, our director has asked me for the contact of the
local dealer in India to enable them to send the new purchasing manager to
India to purchase the product directly from the dealer in India.
But I do not wish to let anyone in our company have the local dealers
contact because of my business interest and benefits.

I intend to present you as a supplier of the product to our company. (You
will be a Middle person between our company and the local vendor in India)
so that my company will not have the direct contact of the local
manufacturing/supplier in India. This is just a kind of buying and selling.
The local dealer in India sales the Gallon of (Product) 5 liters per
gallon: ($26,000.00 US Dollars ,990,806.01 Indian Rupees). 1 LITER is:
($5,200.00 US Dollars 98,175.86 Indian Rupees) while my company purchase
at the rate of ($40,000.00 US Dollars ,060,806.35 Indian Rupees per
gallon) which has been the market price, and then all profits we make would
be shared between you and me, after deduction of all our expenses, etc.

This would be a long time business relationship between you and our company.
The amount of profit we are going to make from each liter is $14,000.00 US
Dollars 070,985.06 Indian Rupees, and our company can purchase up to 50
gallons every month, the total amount we stand to make as profit each month
is $700,000.00 US Dollars S,549,253.12 Indian Rupees once our company
gives you the contract.
I'm giving you 100% assurance that this will not affect your present job
because you are not going to travel anywhere, the local dealer will deliver
the product to your doorstep for you to present it to our company delegate
that will come to meet you when you have the sample available, i will guard
you if you have any question because this is 100 percent legal business.
Your rules here are to stand as the supplier to avoid our company knowing
the direct contact of the local dealer in India, and for you and me to make
profit from this purchase. Get back to me so that I will give you the
local dealer contact details in India for you to contact them and request
for quotation of the product.
You will take 60% profit and 40% for me. Your urgent reply would enable me
to give you more details.
Send your WhatsApp number for easy communication.
I wait your swift reply here
Warm Regards,
Bob Kings
Production Manager

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