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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: "Dr. Mrs Ada Emillia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adaemillia@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 03:35:53 +0100
Subject: Available Gold at 99,99% (Gold Bar) And (91.66%) plus,unrefined (Gold Dust)

More About me.  My name is Dr. Mrs. Ada Emillia Ahmed Bin  Venezuela Citizen. We are searching for a prospect buyer of the products enlisted Below:
 
COMMODITY SPECIFICATIONS AVAILABLE:
 
Commodity: Unrefined Gold (AU)
Form:      Metal Bars And Dust Form
Purity   : Ninety One Point Sixty-Six Percent (91.66%) plus,unrefined (Gold Dust)
More Info: Non Hallmarked Refined Gold at 99,99% (Gold Bar)
 
Right now I am  looking for a trustworthy and reliable person/company who I will deal with. Once I receive your mail indicating your interest to purchase the product above, I will educate you on the way forward.
 
Buyer will need to travel down to our office as will be agreed terms, the buyer takes  random sampling for test to ascertain the purity of the gold and affordable price will be offered to prospect buyer once the random test is confirmed by the buyer.
 
Seller undertakes to ship all the qauntities of the Gold purchased to the buyers nominated bullion  bank or refinery.
 
Dr.Mrs. Ada Emillia
 
 
 
 

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