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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: koffi mancha <koffimancha2012@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: koffimancha2013@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 18:39:49 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: GOLD FOR SALE
Attn, Sir/Ma,
It is my pleasure to inform you that I have some A/U Gold dust for
sales and I am glad to send to you this mail for your consideration to
purchase the Gold from us locally here in our office in Ghana.
Well as for the moment we have 120kgs and i am selling 1 kg at the rate
of $ 19,500 USD while the purity is 98.05% PURE. The sources of our
Gold is from Ivory Coast, Ghana & Angola .
CONDITIONS OF SALES.
1) Buyer or buyer's representative must come down to see the Gold
physically before the shipment of the Gold directly to his refinery.
2) Buyer is entitled to pay for the export documentations including
frieght and 4% of Govt tax from the port of departure to his refinery.
3) All this expenses done by the buyer will be deducted during his
final payment of the cost of my Gold.
4) The reason why buyer or his representatives must be present is for
both parties to know each other in person.
5) Buyer will not pay the total cost of my Gold dust yet, not on till
the final assay before full payment.
6) Seller will a point one of his partner to go with the buyer along
with the Gold to know buyer's residence or his refinery in case if
there is anything that we can see whom to hold or apprehend.
Finally, I as the seller is ready and willing to sign contract
agreement with the buyer if he wishes to do so. We have all the legal
documentation for the exportation of AU metal to anywhere in the world.
Hope to hear from you ASAP for us to start.
My best regards and awaiting your mail.
Chief/ Mr David Koffi Mancha.
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