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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: "CHRISTIAN BARRY" <chrisbarry50@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:14:09 -0800
Subject: URGENT - INQUIRE


*Dear Sir/Madam
Am Christian Barry a British National owner of JM TRADING LIMITED my company
is one
of the biggest dealers and suppliers in precious minerals like
gold (Au metal) rough/uncut diamonds and precious
stones which are originated from West Africa Our
head office is located in Freetown Sierra Leone whiles
our sales offices is in Dakar-Senegal, Banjul-The Gambia respectively
PRODUCT OFFER
PRODUCT: AU Metal (Gold Dust)
QUANTITY:350kgs
KARATAGE: 22 Karats (Unrefined)
PURITY: 95.2%
PRICE: US$ 15,000(fifteen thousand united state dollars)per kilogram
ORIGIN: Sierra Leone
Also we have in stock 5,000 Carats of Rough/Uncut Diamond VVSI
VSI(fanccolorsrs available) for sale.
We are looking for potential buyers and mandates
For further details do visit our web site;
**www.jmtrading.biz*<http://www.jmtrading.biz/>
*Kind Regards
Christian Barry*

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