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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: "Mr Buba Dibe" <bubadiba@ftml.net>
Reply-To: <bubadibee@ftml.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 07:46:25 +0200
Subject: INTRESTED IN GOLD OFER / Metal Pac
Sir.
Good day to you. Well I’m Mr. Buba Dibe of Metal Pac Gold Sarl here in Bamako-Mali west Africa. I will like to introduce you into a very good and profitable business which is gold also to let you know that we have quantities of gold ready for export so we are willing to start up a good business relationship with new buyers.
So if you’re ready and willing to do business then our conditions are very simple we have now 200kg ready for sale, we have our own mining place in two different villages here in Mali so you can ask your buyer if he or she is ready to do business with us.
a) COMMODITY: Aurum Utallum (AU)
b) FORM: Gold Bars.
c) PURITY: 92.05 % like minimum value and 93.05% like maximum value.
d) FINENESS: 22+ carats plus
f) ORIGIN: Mali / West Africa.
QUANTITY Available: 200kg
LOCAL PRICE: 36.000.00$ per kilo
We are willing and able to invite you to come over to our country if it’s ok with you or send to us your full detail so that we can send an invitation letter to you or your buyer to come over to our country and meet first with our company, then have a meeting and you will see the gold that we have available.
Once you’re here and meet with our company it will give you the opportunity to know more about our company, we will sign a contract and immediately we will ship the gold to your country and also send one of our company representative to accompany you with the gold to your refinery in other for him to witness the finally assay report.
The full payment of the gold will be only when it’s refined in your country and you get the assay report ok, that is when you will make the full payment.
Just get back to me with whatever you don’t understand for batter explanation we are fully ready and able to supply Thanks for your understanding.
Regards
Mr Buba Dibe.
Metal Pac Gold sarl.
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