419 scam: From Johnson Larry <admin@amsubway.com> GOLD DEAL BUSINESS.

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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: From Johnson Larry <admin@amsubway.com>
Reply-To: bmuczdh@virgilio.it
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:23:42 GMT
Subject: GOLD DEAL BUSINESS.

Good day!

With due respect I am writing to you this proposal and hope it may be of good interest. I am looking for a reliable and capable foreign gold investor that will assist me to receive our family's 500 kg of alluvial gold dust for investment purpose.

The gold is currently deposited in a G4S security company close to your country for safety grading , I am hoping to move the gold down to your country for investment purpose.

I am now honorably seeking for assistance. Which We wish to offer you 40% of the total sum including the profit from the selling of the gold as your commission,

I have decided to sale the 500 kilograms of Gold to a potential buyer at the selling rate of USD$2o,000.00 for one KG

If my request for your assistant honored, upon your urgent replay I will giving you further details on how to proceed by moving the gold down to your country for investment purpose ,

Looking forward to an early response and thanking you once again for your time and consideration.

Yours sincerely,
Johnson Larry

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