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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: "Mrs Ada Emillia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adaemilliann@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:09:49 +0400
Subject: RE: (GOLD DUST) COMMODITY SPECIFICATIONS/AVAILABLE FOR BUYER:

Firstly, I must notify you that internet is not the right place to discuss this proposition. On this ground, it becomes unavoidable that a meeting  should be schedule to enable us have a face to face business discussion. Sincerely speaking, i need no education to understand the reason why people finds it extremely difficult in trusting strangers in this wicked world. It is not my duty to blow my trumpet but trial will surely convince you on how transparent, honest and absolute truthfulness i am in this project and i can't wait to prove to you the authenticity  of this deal beyond any reasonable doubt. I believe in practical demonstrations.
 
The idea of this message is to officially introduce myself formally to you. As i stated previously, my name is Dr. Mrs. Ada Emillia Ahmed Bin, I am a Venezuela citizen married to late late Retire General Ahmed Diko Bin in Libya. My late husband was Financial adviser and business associate to the Libyan late president and coincidentally, the two of them were assassinated the same day. May their soul rest in peace.We are currently in Bani Walid boarder between Libya and Niger Republic where Late Gadaffi son are seeking asylum and internet services are very big problem in the desert here, so understand that I will not be writing always as distance for me to get internet services is far and am using public internet which is not good for me to avoid exposing myself here.
However, it will be a good idea to tell you the brief history of the origin of the gold in question. In all truthfulness, the rightful owner of the  gold is late Libyan president Colonel Gadaffi. The late president had a healthy working relationship with my late husband and based on this fact, when the two associate decided to lodge the  gold out of Libya, based on what Gadaffi called precautional purposes, the late president never wanted the gold to be traced back to him or any member of his family. The Gold Dust was lodged in the vault with my name. That is to say, I am the sole beneficiary of both the gold now that the only two people that knew about the existence of the  gold are dead.
Moreover, because of the fact that I can not successfully achieve this deal alone, I engaged the service of A consultant who is presently acting as my financial consultant on behalf of my children and my humble self. He is the only person alive that knows about the origin of the  gold. Now, you are the next person that happens to know about it outside my financial consultant whom you will soon be introduced to for smooth running s of this project. He is though a very young man but one of the smartest and intelligent lawyers I have ever seen. He is reliable as you will soon find out as the deal progresses
 
I seeking that company or individual who purchases commodity and can be able to purchase my product.
 
I seeking that Mandate/broker who can assist me to find buyer.
 
The buyer have to arrange for trip to where the Goods was located. This will provide him the avenue to take some sample to proceed to the refinery for Asssay test result to ascertain the purity of the product.
 
Our Gold remains +22.2carat, 93.5% purity or even better, our price is negotiable and our service is very smoothly. We Kindly welcome any interested buyer who is capable and ready to purchase in large quantity of our complete product as below  
 
 
1. The buyer is required to travel to Ghana-Accra to have a practical view of the total commodity?
2. The buyer have to take some sample to conduct the random test in Government approved refinery to ascertain the purity and have the Assay Report?
3. The buyer have to assist me for the shipment of the goods out of Ghana to his refinery/final destination?
 
 
COMMODITY SPECIFICATIONS/AVAILABLE FOR BUYER:
Commodity : Unrefined Gold (Au)
Form : Gold Dust Form.
Purity : 93.5% purity
Carat:  +22.2carat,
Quantity: 550kg
Origin : Ghana
 
Can you make yourself available or Do you know any buyer who can make itself available to travel down to where the Gold is lodged to enable him see, pick up sample straight to the refinery to confirm the purity before discussing on the affordable price to be given?
 
Madam Ada Emillia

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