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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: solomon lalah <solomon18000@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:02:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GOLD AND DIAMOND FOR SALE


Dear sir
Its with pleasure that I write to inform you of the availability of ALLUVAIL GOLD for sale.
Below are the classification of the goods :
PRODUCT : ALLUVIAL GOLD.
QUANTITY : 290KGS.
QUALITY : +22 KARATS.
PURITY : 99.98%
PRICE : $ 7300 PER KG.
TERM OF PAYMENT : NEGOTIABLE.
I also want to inform you that we have rough Diamond for sale :
The diamond is presently deposited in a bank in Guinee Conakry, we do not accept advance payment, the transaction will be done in the banking premises and we expect you to come with your evaluator and after checking, the payment will be on bank to bank bases.
If you are interested in the above product please get in touch with me and we will make arrangement on the moide of delivery.
I await to hear from you very soon.
Regards.
Mr. Solomon.



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