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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: "Marthew A Donko" <office@stsmedia.com>
Reply-To: contacttianclark@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 04:20:28 -0800
Subject: LOOKING FOR INTERESTED GOLD BUYER
Attention Please,
Permit me using this medium to reach you. I am aware that the internet has been misused or abuse for nefarious schemes by a tiny population. But it remains the fastest, easiest and safest method of sending messages. Corporate organizations such as banks and well intentioned individuals use the internet to transact and conclude genuine businesses. However I had to use it as a form of communication to reach you. We are Local Gold Miners Association here in our region, Accra- Ghana. Our Association has 850Kilograms of Gold Dore Bars in stock for sale at a negotiable price per Kilo.
If you are interested to buy Gold please feel free to negotiate with our Association and we are ready to sale to you at a good price. Our main aim is to partnership with a foreign genuine buyer that can directly buy Gold Dore Bars/Gold Dust from us instead of through government agents, we incurred loses through government agent's commissions hence we wanted to raise money to purchase mining equipment which will help us increase in our mining concession.
Please contact me for more details if you are genuine and interested in Gold. We are willing to invite you on face to face meeting here in Ghana to build full trust/ follow up with all modalities arrangements for shipment of Gold you may buy to your destination with all valid required Documents while you pay us up when Gold reached your country. We can as well use our shipping agent to ship a minimum of 3kgs of Gold if you are unable to visit us at the moment.
Our specifications of Gold Bar are below:
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AU METALS
Commodity: Gold Dore Bars
Purity: 94.7%
Quantity: 850Kilograms
Quality: 22+ Carat
Price: $27,000 per Kg
Discount: Negotiable
Country of Origin: Ghana
I wait your response soon.
Yours Sincerely,
Marthew A Donko.
Local Gold Miners.
Phone: +233 243453358
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