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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: "Mrs. Agnes Cabarah" <agnescabah@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:08:05 +0100
Subject: Inquiry

GOLD SALES REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED URGENTLY

Hello!

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. Agnes Cabarah from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) I
represent local gold and diamond miners in my Region. We are in
serious need for a trustworthy and sincere foreign partner /
representative whom we will be supplying Gold and Diamond 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 showing your interest.
We can comfortably supply over 150 kilos of gold within a short period
of time if you 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 investment.

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. Agnes Cabarah

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