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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: "Gold Mining Company" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ibragoldltd1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:41:32 -0700
Subject: Gold Selling Company in West Africa region

Dear: Friend

My Name is Mr.Ibrahim Sadiq, the first Son of the Paramount Chief of OBUASI JATOKROM I got your email contact from the site when I was searching for Foreign

Dealers,there I came across your contact.My Native Village is blessed and well Enriched with GOLD ALLUVIAL Which the Chief had set up a Company here in

,ACHIMOTA, ACCRA NORTH GHANA.

The Village have been Suffering and undergoing the stages of Unproductive Utilities of economical Declinations.Due to the low and inadequate of

Machinery,lack of Incentives and some other subsidiaries that will improve the high Productions of the Mineral resources,due to this locally Production I

Appeal to you if you can assist me to explore some of these Gold be marketed,I will make sure that the costs of the International market Prices of the gold

per kilo will be reduced to your likeness.

For the moment,the Village Paramount chief {MY FATHER} is having about 120kilogram of bar gold,80 kilos of well refined gold,the chief is ready to sale out

the gold on a negotiable rate if they will be an assurance of agreement between you and the Village members.we look forward for your Co-operation a lot to be

mentioned but let me get your reply from this email then I will give you more insight before we can commence there after.

I will be sending you the samples attached of the produced Gold bars after I hear from you,Contact me Ibrahim Sadiq for your enquirers through email on and

your demand I will send you the F.C.O as

soon as we hear from you. Hoping to hear from you soon.

Thanks,

Ibrahim Sadiq

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