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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: sierra diamond <sierradiamondcompany_003@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:29:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: gem offer


Dear Sir,
&nbsp;
Our esteemed company is very happy to note your prompt response and we shall be very happy to do business with you on a long term basis.
Actually,we are local miners and as such need buyers urgently to maintain our mining sites and our workers and the environment.We are ready to exchange goods for mining equiptments as well .
&nbsp;
We sell cheaper because it is very difficult to compete with the world market price hence the Au metal Gold Dust have not been refined so it makes the price cheaper.
&nbsp;
We have about 6,000 carats of rough uncut Diamonds of assorted colours and different sizes s well as about 150 kg of au metal gold dust for sell.
We shall foçrward other details as soon as&nbsp;you indicate your interest
&nbsp;
Thanks and best regards,
Hassan&nbsp;&nbsp; Marketing Manager


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