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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Issa Abubakar" <abubakarssa3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: issaabubakar@mail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:51:56 +0000
Subject: Gold dust for sale .


Sanso Mines
Bp 547 Bamako, Mali,
West Africa.

Dear Sir,

I am Mr Issa Abubakar, a native of Bamako,Mali republic in West Africa.
I am the sales / Marketing Director of my community local miners (Sanso
mines ).

I am contacting you on behalf of my community which comprises mainly of
local gold minners. I represent them and as well look for prospective
buyers for their bulk of gold mined locally in our community.
My community in conjuction with the village heads has in their possession
this commodity:

GOLD DUST
QUANTITY....... 120 TO 350 KGS
PURITY............92% or more
QUALITY..........22 or + KARATS.
PRICE............... To be discussed
ORIGIN............... Mali .

The community has the right to go into any contract of extraction or
minning with any interested person or company depending on the discussion
reached between both parties concerned.

We have been selling or dealing with local buyers and we have not been
benefiting from them, some are given priviledge of taking it on credit but
we usually have problems in payment, due to this reason, the villagers asked
me to look for a foreign buyer, hence my establishing a contact with you for
a mutual business, if it does interest you.

(NB) Upon a successful transaction, we will like to purchase some mining
equipment from your country to increase prodction and reduce hard labour.
Hence your advice and guidance will be very vital in this area if we can get
them from your country.
l wait to hear from you soonest.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation.
Sincerely,
Issa Abubakar

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