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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:02:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ( RE- FULL CORPORATE OFFER (FCO)


=A0( RE- FULL CORPORATE OFFER (FCO)=A0=20
=A0We hereby send you our full corporate offer with legal responsibility un=
der the penalty of perjury, sales and purchase of our product=A0 gold bars=
=A0 under the following terms and condition herein. (Gold deposits discover=
ed in our concession in line with the minerals and mining Law of Ghana. (19=
86) PNDCL -153.)COMMODITY=A0=A0=A0 -=A0=A0=A0 Gold Bars=A0 QUANTITY=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 -=A0=A0=A0=A0 100 kg=A0 QUALITY=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0 -=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 999.95 or 12.5Kg ORIGIN=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0 -=A0=A0=A0=A0 Ghana-West Africa PRICE=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 -=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 20% Discount of LME=A0=A0 DELI=
VERY=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 -=A0=A0=A0=A0 Buyers appointed Destination=
=A0 PROCEDURE=A0=A0=A0 :=A0=A0 Seller and Buyer are to sign sales and purch=
ase contract agreement for the initial period of 1(one) year subject to ren=
ewals as may agree by the two parties and agree to supply 150 per monthly.=
=A0 TERMS OF PAYMENT: however negotiable between seller and buyer and inspe=
ction of the product on
site satisfactorily .Seller could delegate his representative to accompany=
the product and monitor refinery process. And if should there be any balan=
ce payment, witness swift transfer into an account to be provided by seller=
.. We look forward for your quick response.
Yours Faithfully
Patrick Sarpong +233-248122539=20
=0A=0A=0A

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