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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: ROYAL FAMILY MINING <royal.familymining@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:35:52 -0800
Subject: we mine and extract gold dust, gold bars and rough/uncut diamonds.

Dear Sir/Madam,


My pleasure to contacting you. I am Dr. Nasser Sadaqa Habib, the CEO Sales
and Export Control of Respected Family Mining. We mine and coordinate the
activities of local miners and community mining.


Our basic operation is we mine and extract gold dust, gold bars and
rough/uncut diamonds.


We also collect scrap metal for recycling projects.


Presently, we have large stock of gold dust, gold bars and rough/uncut
diamonds ready for export.


Also in our yard we have HMS 1 & 2, Copper Scrap, Battery scrap and Used
rails ready for export.

In your readiness to doing good business with respond with your inquiry.



Regards,
Dr. Nasser Sadaqa Habib,
CEO Sales and Export Control,
ROYAL FAMILY MINING GROUP
Website: www.rfm-westafrica.webnode.com
E-mail: royal.familymining@live.com
Tel: +22465120708, +22464038054.

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