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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: Mohammed Tofiki <mohammed.tofiki@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:13:04 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: RE GOLD DUST BUYER NEEDED URGENT




Dear Sir,



We are large scale miners located at Tarkwa in Western Region Ghana with postal address as follows: Achimota, Accra - Ghana, West Africa. We are incorporated under the Companies Code 1963, Act 179 with RC No: 63,556 (Registrar of Companies, Ghana). We are duly registered with the Minerals Commission as well as the Precious Minerals Marketing Company Limited, Ghana (PMMC). We have export permit issued

by PMMC and certificate of non -criminal origin issued by the High Court, Ghana. We sell gold dust mined from our concessions.We offer for sale 800 kilogrammes gold dust characterized as follows: Commodity:Gold Form: Alluvial Dust

Quality: 22+ Carat (94%) Price: 28,000.00$US per kilogram Origin: Ghana Deleterious

Element: 0% Cyanide A full corporate offer will be sent upon demand. Yours faithfully,my number +233243920875,email,mohammadtofiki84@live.com

MOHAMMAD TOFIKI

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