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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: Email Administrator <info12@danceparadise.com.br>
Reply-To: nku.simakau@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:59:03 -0400
Subject: Gold Sales Agent / Sales Representative Needed!!

From: Mrs. Nkusia Simakau
DRC.


Dear Sir,


Good day and how are you today?

Having gone through your profile, I decided to contact you through this mail. Please permit me to express my self to you.
I am Mrs. Nkusia Simakau from Democratic Republic of Congo, We are in serious need for a trustworthy and sincere foreign partner / representative whom we will be supplying GOLD of about 50 kilogram or more on regular basis for sales abroad on agreed terms of remuneration.

Please, if you are interested and capable to undertake the sale of Gold as our appointed sales representative, you should respond immediately with your contact details as well as the current price of Gold in your market. We can comfortably supply over 300 kilos of gold within a short period of time if you are sincere, honest and transparent and will be fast in the sales.


ARRANGEMENT: Upon signing the sales agreement, we will arrange and ship the gold directly to you for sales on our behalf and you deduct your commission to be agreed and you send our part into our account for Joint investment.
Please also reply my mail with summary of any potential, profitable and viable project or investment that needs funding on mutual terms.


May God bless and be with you as we will be looking forward to hear from you urgently.

Note: Please do not treat this mail as a spam, junk mail or unsolicited mail.


Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Nkusia Simakau

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