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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: George Owusu <anyi1door2004@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: George Owusu <georgeowusu07@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 16:38:18 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Gold dust/Bar
Greetings,
My name is Chief George Owusu the Bisiasi Autonomous community leader in Central Region of Ghana.
We are operating cooperative mining Emperors and we are looking reliable buyer that will partner our community mining. Our current mining capacity will avails us the opportunity of producing 10KG of gold weekly and we are pressing hard to improve on our productivity as time goes on.
If both of us have better understanding we shall commit a minimum of 8KG of Gold Bars weekly into your care so that it will be received, assayed and sold According to our master plan, we shall invest our share of the money into importation of modern mining equipment that will boost our productivity. Our price at the mining gate is $25, 000.00 Per Kilo at 23 Carat Purity. Our price allow avail you the opportunity of making good gains in each Kilo of gold after assay
It is important to note the logistics we have in our disposal, will be able to procure the entire export documents while you take care of the shipment responsibility through an independent express logistics Courier Service. It important to note that whatever you spent on the course of this will be deducted before reconciliation of payment after final assay
If you have any question, feel free to contact me
George Owusu
For Bisiasi Community
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