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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: ANO BELTHOD <ano.belthod@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ano_belthod@live.fr
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:44:07 -0400
Subject: Looking for buyer for 23 Carat + Gold Dust (AU)
My Dear Buyer,
How are you today?. I am Mr. Ano Belthod a 35years of age. A citizen of GHANA, West Africa.Our community have 650kgs of gold dust for sales. We are local miners from Ghana and BURKINA FASO .
Below are the offers:
Commodity : Gold dust (AU)
Origin : BURKINA FASO AND GHANA
Quantity : 650KGS
Quality : 23 carat +
Purity : 93 %
Price :$28.500 per each kg.
Waiting for your response on the qantity you will be able to purchase...
Thanks,
Mr. Ano Belthod.
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