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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: "Mr. Collins Pujeh" <kollinskold_pujeh@mail2world.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: collinscold@luxmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 13:18:01 +0100
Subject: GOLD & DIAMOND FOR SALE(PARTNERSHIP & INVESTMENT)

Hello,

We humbly wish to introduce ourselve as the
All People Revolution United Front of Mali
We are please to write you concerning our
new arragement to turn the aforemention
organisation into a full registered political
party in Mali. In respect to this we wish to
inform you that the organisation have about
7000 kg (7tones) of gold in stock and
285,513 carat of Rough diamonds.We want a
reliable person or company that will assist
the organisation in the marketing of the goods.
We also have mining fields in different areas in our country
for gold and Diamond. We will be happy if you have connection
for modern mining equipments and facilities
Our organisation shall give you a total of 10% of
any gold or diamond sold by you.Please indicate your
interest and more informations shall be given to you
as soon as possible For security reasons we demand
that you contact us through this medium.
We strongly
believe enough facts are give for you to access our
status

Best regards
Collins Pujeh

ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESSES:
kollinskold_pujeh@mail2world.com
collinscold@luxmail.com


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