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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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Fraud email example:

From: baggiegowan32@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:17:49 -0200
Subject: GOLD FOR SALE

 
 Dear sir

I got your contact when i was seravhing for the people who buy my late father gold when he was alive and i decided to contact you for this very mutal benefit.

We are representative of mining association of Mali ,Burkina-Faso, And Abidjan cote D'Ivoire (West Africa) specialised in gold dust . We are looking for partners in Europe, Asia or USA .

Below is are the characteristics

Commodity : AU gold dust proposal
Quantity :115 Kgs
Quality : 22 carat plus
Purity : 93 %
Price : 38.500 $ / KG BUSH PRICE
Origin : West Africa


1_ Buyer or his representative have to come down to africa and verify the evidence of the product ,Inspect the gold before shipment commence.

2 _ Buyer will be responsible for the shipment of the gold to his refinary
.
3_ Seller or his representative will follow the buyer with the consignment to their refinery for the final assay and payment< br />
4_ All expenses incur by the buyer will be deducted from the total sales before the final payment will be made to our nominated bank account..

5_ After the first transaction, buyer and seller will sign a revolving of 50 – 100 Kegs monthly.

We are also lasking that after the first sale of the gold,The buyer will help us use the part of the money realised to procure some mining equipment to enable us increase our mining strenght and whatever we realised from the mining will be supply to you on regular basis.

We are also looking for financial capable buyer who can invest in our mining site at the ratio of 60-40% of our production.

If you are interested by our proposal, please do let us know in order to deal officially with you

My Best Regards

Mr Baggie Gowan

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