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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "JASSON" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:44:56 +0800
Subject: GOLD BUSINESS
We are small scale gold mining company here in Congo and Ghana West Africa; we mine and representing local gold miners across the villages in the regions of Ghana.
We have quantities of Alluvial Gold dust and nugget ready for sale.
Bellow is our offer.
Commodity: Alluvial gold dust and Nugget
Quantity: 100 Kgs
Quality: 22 + Carat
Purity: 92. %
Price: $20,000 per kilo
We wish to confirm with full corporate responsibility, that we are willing and able to transact and sell the commodities with the following specifications above, terms and conditions.
We do here declare our interest to open up discussion in respect of this at the earliest convenience of our product. Upon your response we will send you our Full Corporate Offer.
We look forward to establishing a long lasting business relationship with you and we guarantee to provide you with quality service.
Regards
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