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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: kwame kwasi <kkwasi2002@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:25:30 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: A.U. GOLD DUST.


From: KWAME KWASI.
Dear Sir,
SUBJECT A.U OFFER
I hereby write to propose a business offer in alluvial gold dust from
our
family’s long accumulated of gold dust.
Our family Ahan- tanfo clan has private mining site at Tarkwah in the
western region of Ghana where gold is produce in large quantities along
the Birim River belt.
BELOW IS THE SALES TERMS
1. PRODUCT - NON REFINED ALLUVIAL A.U. DUST
2. QUANTITY - 350 KILOS
3. QUALITY - ABOVE 22 KARATS
4. PRICE - $8,500 PER KILO
(SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER KILO)
We require interested partners to proceed to our mining site inspect
the
A.U. in stock after testing a sample, the buyer will be required to pay
30% of the total quantity to enable us arrange for all the necessary
documents to air lift the stock to the
buyers destination for refinery.
Two delegates will accompany the A.U. to the refinery for the balance
70%.
The buyer will be required finally to assist us open foreign bank
accounts
to deposit the balance which will be use in purchasing modern mining
machines to help boost product back in
Ghana.
Sir, we count on your co-operation and assistance to make this joint
venture business proposal a mutually beneficial and prosperous.
Commission of 5% will be paid to Agents/Brokers who can assist us
obtain
serious buyers.
Yours faithfully,
KWAME KWASI.

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