419 scam: "Susan Mahasolange"<limeili@tianqixuda.com> Re: Distress Sale of 380kg Gold bars

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Susan Mahasolange"<limeili@tianqixuda.com>
Reply-To: elegantgrace2019@hotmail.com
Date: 24 Jul 2024 17:59:10 -0700
Subject: Re: Distress Sale of 380kg Gold bars

Hello Dear,

Compliments of the season and how are you doing today?

It is my pleasure to write to you after much consideration since telephone communication cannot be suitable enough to communicate to you at first.

I am Susan, a Widow from Nigeria in west Africa, I want to use this opportunity to let you know about a distress sale of 380kg of gold bars.

My Late Husband had a limited liability and Gold merchant base in Port Harcourt Rivers state Nigeria in West Africa before his untimely death. After his business trip to Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa too, to negotiate on a gold business he wanted to invest in Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire .

A week after he came back from Abidjan, he was attacked by unknown assassins. My husband died after five days in a private hospital on that fateful afternoon. I didn't know that my husband was going to die that suddenly. But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die., MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE he disclosed to me that he deposited this amount of 380KG of Gold in a Shipment company here in Lagos Nigeria.

Please I would like to ship this Gold to your country for sale and investment which I would like you to handle. I will really appreciate your response towards handling this very transaction so that i will give you more details on how to conclude the shipment to your country.

Thanks,

Susan Mahasolange.

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