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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: "DANSOU Bernard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bernarddansou@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:59:41 +0200
Subject: ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST OFFER FOR SALES
ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST OFFER FOR SALES
J'espère que vous allez bien, on m'appel Mr Bernard DANSOU je
travail en tant que directeur commercial et représentant d'un
groupement d'orpailleur basé en Afrique de l'ouest et opérant dans le
domaine de l'or en poudre et en lingot, je dispose actuellement d'une
marchandise d'or et aimerais vendre cette marchandise en Europe ou
ailleurs dans le monde.
Caractéristiques
Nature : or en poudre
Quantité : 350 kg
Qualité : 22 carats plus
Pureté : 94%
Prix $ 22000 /kg
Origine : BURKINA-FASO/Ghana
Contact adresse mail:
Bernard DANSOU
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ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST OFFER FOR SALES
I hope you are fine, my name is Mr. Bernard DANSOU I am a sales manager and representative of a group based prospector in West Africa and operating in the field of gold dust and bullion, we currently have a stock of gold ready for sale of which the characteristics are as follow:
Nature: gold dust
Quantity: 350 kgs
Quality: 22 karat plus
Purity: 94%
Price $ 22,000 / kg
Origin: BURKINA-FASO/Ghana
please contacts us for more details on our offer on our direct email address:
Bernard DANSOU
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