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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: davising mensah <davisingmnsh@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:16:17 -0800
Subject: GOLD TRANSACTION

Dear Value customer,

We wish to bring to your notice that we the local miniers of ashante
region,we have in our possition 543kilo's of Gold and we are willing
to sale it to any interesting individual or a company whom will be
interetsed in Gold.

The price is affordable and please kindly open the attachment and see
some of our work and how we generate the Gold,we own the Golds as you
can see through the attach photos,its an opportunity for any Gold
mining dealers to come and buy at the lowest Gold rate.

Upon your response i shall issue you the price list and if you will
like to come in person and expect and test the Gold before purchase
which is the normal procedure for a clear transaction,you will be
highly welcome for a good business relationship.

I await your urgent response.

Yours faithfully,

Davising.

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