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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: Nelson Nelsons <nelsonlobot2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:20:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: gold for sale please reply


Dear Sir,
I'm kofi my father is a big chief in kumasi but died few month ago, and he has 50kg of gold dust and 50kg of gold bar 23carate plus in my village and i want a trust and Godly person in any Europe country to hand it over for a good price that will benefit my family, I'm the only educated boy in my family what ever thing i tell them is what they will do.
I and my mother want a good buyer to come down to Ghana to see and test it before shipping it to your country, please if you are interested let me know imidiatly and i will tell you what to do and your percentage after selling it for the family.
We have got some costomers from china but they are not giving us good price so please, if you are enterested please reply me now or you call me on this number /00233244014479 for further arrangement.

THANK YOU
NELSON




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