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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: george agbesi <georgeagbesigoldmines6@msn.com>
Reply-To: <georgeagbesigoldminesghana@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:39:16 +0000
Subject: RECOMMENDATION GOLD OFFER .
Good day
I am Chief George Agbesi from Tarkwa rural community in Ghana West Africa a miniature community that is blessed with Gold and I am contacting your firm in admiration of our local Gold mines that is inside our community here in Ghana that really needs good facilities and working materials that we are lacking here.
And If we can come across a reliable foreign financier with the intention of managing the goldmines for us we the family of Agbesi we will be enthusiastic to hand over the mines to him to administer without further delay once we have come into agreement and he must be here in Ghana to see the Gold mines and our gold that we have in stock for this plans.
As I write to you, we the family of Agbesi in Tarkwa rural community in Ghana have presently 300kg of Alluvial Gold Dust and 251kg of bars that we want to dispose/sell to enable the purchase of the gold mining equipment that our community needs at the moment to increase our mine.
Please indicate your interests in buying our gold or helping us manage our mines. then we work as partners because we don’t want to hand over to our government because they never care about our drinking water, Schools and farmer also the less privileged and we lack computer e.g. Laptop or desktop that will educated our children and mobile telecommunication here in our community.
So if you accept our proposal and you are enthusiastic to situate as our foreign financier or you are willing to buy our Gold product, Furnish me with the requested info .( 1) Your Direct Telephone Number .(2) Your Fax Number (.3) Your Passport copy ,and it will be of great deal to read from you so that I can furnish you with details to proceeds and please if you are not interested do not inconvenience your good self to write neither will I get in touch with you or inconvenience you again.
Thanks in God we trust.
With Much Regards
Chief George Agbesi
For the Family
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