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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: EMMANUEL K.M <mc.122@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 05:31:25 +0000
Subject: GOLD BUYER

Compliment Of the Day.

How are you doing today? i hope everything is fine with you? i want to start by introducing my self to you, my names are Emmanuel Momoh Kofi . My Nationality is Ghana West Africa, i am contacting you prior to the aim of discussing a business partnership with you, my family deals on precious metal such GOLD, ... I'm written you to know my desires in selling GOLD and to know if you're interested in buying and investing on GOLD or you stand as an agent in your country to look for a buyer, i will deliver the gold to you in your country through a diplomatic and security company, on arrival to your country they will deliver the gold to you and you will secure the gold, as i will be flying to meet you after you have found a buyer, you shall have 20% of the total fund after selling the gold, and we shall invest the fund into a lucrative business in your country, as i am thinking about real estate investment, i shall stop here and wait your response. So that i send you the pictures for your look and we discus about it.

Yours Faithfully.
Emmanuel Momoh Kofi

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