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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 Lukan Anthony" <ourlink_minerals@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ourlink.minerals@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:03:45 +0000
Subject: YOUR REPLY IS URGENT

Dear Sir,
I write in my own capacity as the Marketing Agent of OUR LINK VENTURE.
Our establishment work with small scale miners from the Northern Part of Sierra Leone where the minerals are mined to market their products.
Presently we have at hand (AU)Gold Dust of 100Kilograms for sales at $13,500 per kilo.
Also avalaible are Rough Diamonds ranging from 2 to 18 Carat for sales based on inspection.
Conditions for the transaction;
1.Seller (We) is responsible for the payment of all taxes here in Sierra Leone.
2.Buyer shall be responsible for shipment to his destination or Europe as agreed on by seller.
Buyer will pay all taxes on his own side when Goods are ready to leave Sierra Leone for buyers' destination.
3.Payment shall be made by swift transfer within (5)Five working days into sellers' nominated account.If the payment days fall on Saturday or Sunday then the payment shall be made on monday.
If agreed to our conditions we will be pleased to transact business with your company.
Yours Sincerely,
Lukan Anthony.Agent.


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