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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: el Mustapha <el_mustapha77@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: el Mustapha <elmustapha91@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 10:13:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST AT GOOD PRICE.




ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST AT GOOD PRICE.

Dear Sir/ Madam,

We are small scale artisan gold miners here on the sub-region of West Africa. We have some quantity of alluvial Gold Dust for sale at considerable price of USD $35,000 per kilo which is below world market price. If you are interested, do not hesitate to get back to us as soon as
possible for us to give you our full co-operate offer (FCO). Also even if you are not prepared to buy our Gold now, you can look for a buyer that will buy our Gold through you so that you will earn a legitimate commission from us. We appreciate where the buyer can come forward and see the goods before payment.

Here is specification of our gold:

PRODUCT------ ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST
PURITY------- 22 CARAT
FOB PRICE -- --------- USD $ 35,000

ORIGIN……………IVORY COAST –WEST AFRICA
QUANTITY --------------------- 250 KILOGRAMS ( presently)
You would inspect the product and also you would be allowed to pick
some samples for assay at the state of the art laboratory here in Ivory Coast.
The product would later be weighed and deposited back to the bonded
warehouse or to the bank for safe keeping in the presence of the buyer
and the seller or any appointed agent of the buyer or seller, until the
completion of the required documents for shipping the product & payments.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT LETTER OF CREDIT.

We can also go into a joint venture if you are interested to sign a long term contract with us to buy our gold.
Your quick and favorable response would be greatly appreciated.
We look forward in doing long lasting business transaction with you.
Best Regards,

EL Hadji Mustapha.

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