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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 Dust /Bar & Diamonds OFFER <thomas.morgan51@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: morgan_thomas34@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 14:03:29 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Gold Dust/Bar and Rough Diamond Offer


Dear Sir,
 
we have 156 kg X 22 karat Gold Dust/Bar and Rough Diamond for sale to any interested buyer. the gold is located in ACCRA, the Capital of Ghana, in the Government warehouse at the airport,We sell the Gold at a given away price of $38.000(United States Dollars) per kilo, prospective Gold buyers for sales.
 
The Rough Diamond ranging from 4 carats to 35 carats with different colors and sizes,all the Diamond is uncut.
we have some quantity for now with the Kimberly Certificate presently deposited in Ghana bank from Sierra Leone, West Africa.

If you are interested you can come over to Ghana, where the deposit is made for testing and confirmation as well as the exportation after all due processes have been considered. This parcel have finally been sealed for security purpose and deposited in one of the banks of Ghana, the Kimberly certificate will be issued to you for verification at request for you to know our full commitment to this transaction upon your arrival.

Don't forget to include your direct telephone number/mobile lines in your reply.
We wait to see your urgent reply.
Thanks and best regards
Morgan Thomas


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