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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: "Gold Mining" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ibrahimgoldtld@bbs.ctex.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:13:57 +0800
Subject: Re: Gold Selling Company in West Africa region.

 
 
 
    Hello Buyer,
    We are small scale Gold miners here on the sub-region of West Africa.
    We have alluvial Gold Bar for sale at a considerable which is below world market price. If you are interested, do not hesitate to get back to
    us as soon as possible for us to give you our full co-operate offer (FCO).
    We look forward in doing a long lasting business transaction with you
    Ibrahim Sadiq
    C.E.O
    Email: ibrahimgoldtld@bbs.ctex.org

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