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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: moore ume <mooreumetttt@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mooreumeo@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 10:02:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Cocoa beans ready for sell Reply


Dear
We are Farmers Association in the Western Region, Ghana West Africa
We deal in Cocoa beans farming. Currently we have accumulated about
10,000tons for sale and the community in which we are has decided to
sell their cocoa beans direct at the International market.
Base on this decision, we the Association representing the famers are
therefore seeking for a capable buyer who can buy at least 10,000 tons
at once or less than.Please if you are a dealer and interested to buy, please get back to us
our price is $1500 per a ton. and  Our company procures gold and diamond from local miners and sells to buyers overseas. At the moment we have 340 kilos gold dust ready for sell. Our price is US16, 000 per 1 kilo, based on  best quality gold.  Please note that our gold is not for sale on 100%
credit. Buyer will negotiate with owners of gold on the purchasing and payment terms, then our PMMC shipper Agent Company that will ship the gold through PMMC to Buyer
Yours truly.
Moore Nana





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