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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: "DR. adams kofi" <dradams_2005@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dradams_2005@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 02:32:39 -0700
Subject: gold & diamonds for immediate sale


Good day Sir/ Madam,

My name is DR. adams kofi, the Marketing Manager of AKOKO GOLDFIELDS LIMITED in
Accra, Ghana, West Africa. I got your information from a Professional database while searching for a reliable and trustworthy broker / buyer of our products; GOLD AND DIAMONDS
We have a medium scale Mining Project here in Ghana.
Right now we have in stock large quantity of gold dust and bars of 23+ carats 96.99% purity and Some diamond stones of high clarity.
Our terms of trade and price offer are quite satisfactorily moderate.
We need a long term business partner who will be ready to buy our goods
on regular basis.
Please if this business interest you kindly call me for more information, my telephone number is: 233-243-157295

Thanks in anticipation of your positive response.
Best regards,
gold & diamonds for immediate sale
DR ADAMS KOFI
dradams_2005@yahoo.ca


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