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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Raymond Dogbe <future@jrj.com.cn>
Reply-To: <RaymondDogbe@gmx.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:26:02 -0300
Subject: Re:Gold mining
Hello.
Good day to you.
I am , one of the community Chiefs, a gold mining community called Tarkwah here in the
Republic of Ghana. This community is having a large quantity of gold deposit.
Here are the quality of our product:
Quantity: 550 kilograms available monthly
Quality: 22. karat alluvial Au
Origin: Ghana , West Africa
PRICE :15% Less of world market price
Thus we can provide service to any part of the world.We are capable to offer the quantity
of gold dust and bars required to the Buyer upon their arrival here in Accra Ghana.
Should you be interested, get back to me for our Full Corporate offer.
Best Regards.
Raymond Dogbe
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