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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: preious home <pregdhome@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 04:00:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: GOLD AND DIAMOND OFFER ( VERR URGENT)


Thanks for your email, I am very grateful for your interest in doing business with me and my family.

what we have are the followings and can delver to any were in the word:

Alluvial Nugget Gold Dust, Alluvial Nugget Gold Bar and they are as follows:

Alluvial Nugget Gold Dust is $6,500 Per kilo
Alluvial Nugget Gold Bar is $6,500 per kilos and bar contain 5 kilos in each Gold bar

As for the Diamond,
We have Pink, Blue,and Pure White and they are all rough Uncut Diamond

Some are 27carat in one stone, 35Carat in one stone, and 50Carats in one stone and there is no crack at all very neat.

The price based on the result from your gemologist.

The condition is that any customer that is interested will finance the shipment and documentation and immediately you receive your material, after your confirmation and assay results, our money should be transfer to our account immediately as it will be stated in the agreement that will be sign and witness by your lawyer and our lawyer before the transaction will be commence.

If this is okay for you, kindly get back to me immediately and send me your personal information, include your international Passport copy by scan as an attachment.

I will be looking forward to hear from you soonest.

Regards





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