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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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Fraud email example:

From: koffidaniels <koffidaniels01@voila.fr>
Reply-To: koffi_daniels@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:36:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOLD DUST FOR SALE


Dear Sir,
We are a Gold mining company and we have available Gold dust for sale. we have done many successful businesses in America, Europe, Asia and Arab and we deliver to our customers in their refineries or as they request. We must assure you that we deliver on our promise.
We deliver on TWO terms namely CIF or FOB.
On CIF, there are no trial shipments and we cannot sign any agreement less than 1,500 KG of Gold dust. In this case, the buyer will issue a banking instrument like STAND BY LETTER OF CREDIT (SBLC) OR BANK GUARANTEE (BG) as PROVE OF FUND (POF) from first class or prime bank in the world to enable our financier company to release enough money for us to take care of all the shipment expenses like Government and shipping documentations, taxes, e.t.c. and secondly to assure us that he has enough funds available to pay for the goods when delivered. After which we deliver the goods to his or her nominated refinery any where in the world after which the buyer make a 100% payment by TT in not more than 72 hours after receiving and assaying the goods in his refinery. On CIF, our price is US$35,000 per kG.
FCO FOR FOB DELIVERY:
Name of product: AU GOLD DUST.Quantity: 2,500KG.Purity: 98.9%.Origin: GHANA/BURKINA FASO, WEST-AFRICA.Price: US$29,000 PER KG.Commission: US$1,000 PER KG.Shipment: FREIGHT DELIVERY.Payment: CASH/TT
Our firm is in possession of the Gold Export Certificate issued by the Government of the Republic of Ghana and Burkina Faso necessary to export gold from Ghana and Burkina Faso, thus we can provide service to any part of the world.
We seek big and genuine buyers for serious and long time business relationship.
Thanks for your utmost co-operation.
Best Regards.
Contact Name: Koffi Daniels

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