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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: Gold Dust /Bar & Diamonds OFFER <thomas.morgan51@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: Gold Dust /Bar & Diamonds OFFER <morgan_thomas34@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:35:49 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Used Rails,Hms 1&2,Gold and Diamond Offer


Dear Sir,

We have large quantity of Used Rails R50-R65 and HMS 1&2 for sale in Ghana West Africa, Our Prices are us$220.00 per mt CIF AWSP and us$170.00 per mt FOB Ghana payment term TT, against B/L and Inspection Report. More so, we have 156 kg X 22 karat Gold Dust/Bar and Rough Diamond for sale to any interested buyer. the gold is located in ACCRA-Ghana,We sell the Gold at a given away price of $42.000(United States Dollars) per kilo, prospective Gold buyers for sales.payment term TT, against B/L and Inspection certificate. Upon your interest on these materials you can issue your company details for FCO and details of the materials. Consequently, we have POP and Inspection Certificate of Lloyd Inspection Agent Company - Ghana, which we can send to you via fax if you request for verification.

If you are interested in any of these offers,you are advices to contact us through this email address for more information's.

Don't forget to include your direct telephone number/mobile lines in your reply.

We are waiting for your Response.
Regards and God Bless
Morgan Thomas

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