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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "ANDREW WAHALEY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andrewwahaley@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:38:09 -0700
Subject: gold for sale
We are the representatives of a group of village gold washers in
Sierra Leone who has the offer of Gold dust Au.
Actually we have a new stock of 60KGS
Alluvial Gold dust of 22 Carats.
The Characteristics of the 60KGS Alluvial Gold dust are as follows:
Designation: .............. Product Metal Gold (WITH) Alluvial Dust
Quantity: ................... 60 KGS
Quality: ..................... 22 Carats and more (22K)
Purity: ...................... 97.9%
If you are interested to buy all the quantity or if you want to buy a part of the 60KGS Alluvial Gold dust, please you are required to answer very quickly so that we guarantee the desired quantity to you. Awaiting your urgent and quick response to proceed on the selling
processes.
Sincerely
Andrew wahaley
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