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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: Komi Zongo <zongokomi1@ozu.es>
Reply-To: zongokomi@ozu.es
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:06:44 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Gold Bar For Sale Call On 00226 79 67 92 78.




Attn,

to gold buyer.

I personally decided to contact you so that we can negotiate reasonably and have a successful business deal together.

I have 150 kilogram of 22plus Carat Alluvial Gold Dust and 50 kg in bar ,which was brought in from libya,the kept this in my poccession now check in this article : http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE785... , which they decided to ask me to put on sale,look for a buyer secretly and confidencially who will come and get the product and sell. I need a serious minded buyer who will purchase them from me within the shortest time possible. If you are interested, kindly indicate it in your reply to this attractive offer I have presented to you.

This is the primary reason why I have attached my Full Corporate Offer (FCO) in this mail you are reading for your personal evaluation and consideration. If my offer is acceptable to you, kindly let me know

immediately so that we can proceed accordingly. Please be informed that my gold price is also negotiable. Please find below my Full Corporate Offer (FCO) for the sale of my AU Metal dust:

(FULL CORPORATE OFFER)

OWNER OF AU METAL------------ undisclosed

PRODUCT: -------------------------- Alluvial Gold Dust (AU) and bars.

ORIGIN: --------------------------- libya.

QUANTITY: ------------------------ 150 kilograms (AU) bar (50kg).

QUALITY: -------------------------- 22+carat.

TENEUR----------------------------980/1000éme

DENSITY---------------------------18,06

PRICE PER KILOGRAM: ------------$20,500USD (Negotiable).

MODE OF TRANSACTION

OPTION A

1-establishment of signatures of contract by the two parties concerned since i am not a company seller but in sort of agreed deal with you since you knew the sources of the gold and where it is coming from..which must be remained secret and confidencial.

2-certificate of confirmity from the burkina goverment control office(bumigeb)

3- value of the product before lifting(negotiable)

4-remitting all documents of exportation to the buyer with your arrangement.

5-final payment at the end of buyer refienery since i will fly back with you for the final assay in your country.

6-buyer is expected to arrive here in burkinafaso,check and control the commodity in his or her presence and price will be negotiated.

I will patiently wait for your reply on the above subject matter soonest. Looking forward to having a successful transaction with you. Have a pleasant nice day. Direct line 00226 79 67 92 78note: "after agreement and full co operation,documents, photo will be scan to you for your persual ,i can not afford sending samples via dhl or express coureir as it is rejected and banned by the new government policy" all is secretly handle between you and me.

OPTION B

1-GIVING VISAS TO THE BUYER AND MAKING A CONTRACT FOR BOTH PARTIES AS TO BRING THE COMMODITY TO YOUR COUNTRY BY YOURSELF.

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please respond immediately as to procceed.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr Komi Zongo.

http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/libyan-gold-cash-convoy-crosses-into-niger----take-the-money-and-run-time/question-2140843/

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