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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: "PRINCE JOEL DIOP" <princejoel.ac32@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: princejoel.ac32@gmeil.com
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:59:28 +0000
Subject: HELLO MY DEAR URGENT NEEDED A GOLD BUYER. REPLY

Good day.
I am happy to inform you that I have got your contact in the cause of my search for a Gold buyer. I am Prince Joel Diop, from Guinea Republic but i am in Senegal presently. I have 35 Kilos 22K Gold Dust which i want to sell and the price is negociable.
I inherited the merchandise from my late father and my mother and i have decided to sell it.
We want to sell it as urgent as possible. Let me know if you are interested or not.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Prince Joel Diop



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