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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: "Chief. Dulk Anderson" <dulkanderson@gawab.com>
Reply-To: lithurkacquah@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:21:36 GMT
Subject: Did you get my last mail?


Dear Sir/madam,

We the principal sellers are pleased to make this offer of AU
Metal Gold/ Dust under the penalty of perjury and with full
corporate and legal responsibility to the following terms and
conditions.

1. Product : AU Metal (Gold)
2. Origin : Ghana West Africa
3. Type : Alluvial
4. Purity : 92.7% or above
5.Carats: 22 or above
6.Quantity: 640 kilos

PROCEDURES:
Buyer or representative of the buyer is suppose to come down to
(Accra-Ghana) for the inspection and random sampling of our Gold
Dust. or make planes for the goods to be shipment to he/she
destination. We look forward to establishing a long lasting
business relationship with you.

Yours truly,
Mr. D. Anderson
E-mail: lithurkacquah@hotmail.com
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