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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: "doumbia"<doumbia424@myway.com>
Reply-To: doumbia424@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:28:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject: OFFER FOR GOLD.


















Dear sir,I am Mr. Doubia Djibril a mandate to GENERAL FIELD MINING COMPANY LIMITED based in Accra Ghana we are licensed to export alluvial gold dust and diamonds from Ghana. Our company supports on a daily basis, 23 individual and comunal mines in Ghana.We hold the sole mandate to sell and export the product of these mines. We have now 84 kilos of alluvial gold dust of 22 carat and purity of 92.06%.The asking price for gold dust is $13,500 which is negotiable. We also have 1,500 carats of rough diamonds of various specifications.The asking price for diamonds depends on the specification and we will send you a full coporate offer, including price quote for the gems should you respond positively.We offer 2% of total sales for any sales made to any client introduced by you.Please feel free as to us.God bless you.Best regards.Doumbia Djibril.



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