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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: ajpcm1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:16:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello My Friend,


Hello My Friend,
 
It is my pleasure to inform you that I have some au gold dust and bars for sales and I am glad to send to you this mail for your consideration to purchase the Goods from me locally here in my office in Ivory Coast
 
Well as for the moment i have 200kgs and I am selling 1 kg at the rate of $ 30,000 usd
Please let me know your interest, my prices are below international market,

while the purity is 97.05% pure. The sources of my gold is from cote d ivoire ,ghana.
 
Finally, I as the seller is ready and willing to sign contract agreement with the buyer for the period of any months if he wishes to do so. We have all the legal documentation.

Waiting for your reply
Regards
Mr Ahmed

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