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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "George Kofi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <georgekofi6@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:50:46 -0000
Subject: Dear sir
2. COMMODITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR GOLD DUST
COMMODITY:Alluvial Gold (AU)
FORM:GOLD DUST
FINESS / PURITY:22+ carat with 96.7% fineness/purity
QUANITY:50-500kgs per month for a period of two year
PRODUCT HISTORY:Clean, Clear, no liens and non-criminal origin
ORIGIN:West Africa ( Ghana )
PRICE:25% discount of world market price
DELIVERY:To Buyers choice of refinery .
ASSAY:Buyer choice of refinery
PACKING:Export Package Boxes / Bars / Metal or Wooded Export Containers
MODE OF PAYMENT
Buyer Comes or send a representative to Ghana and inspect the goods, Then pick up the goods to any refinery of her choice in Ghana to assay the goods and if the purity and carat of the goods is okay with him/her then buyer will be responsible in paying all their shipping cost, as well as all government related taxes directly to the right authorities to ensure that their merchandise is exported to them in their choice of destination. Deduct the payment he made for the shipping cost, governmental tax and insurance from the total cost of the goods and the rest balance will be sent to our bank account. Our company agent will also accompany the product to buyer refinery to make sure we get our balance.
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