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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: "QUANTUM MINING LTD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <quantumminingvirtual-trader@africamail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:29:29 +0800
Subject: FROM QUANTUM MINING LTD.

Hello Sir,
 
We are small scale Gold miners here on the sub-region of West Africa.
We have alluvial Gold Bar for sale at a considerable which is below world market price. If you are interested, do not hesitate to get back to us as soon as possible for us to give you our full co-operate offer (FCO).
We are prepared to offer the quantity of gold required to the Buyer [or their representative] upon their arrival here in our company.
Further, we currently seek outside-based serious investors on a partnership basis in order to increase our production capacity. If you are interested in this proposal, or have any further questions, kindly contact me as We look forward in doing a long lasting business transaction with you.
Quddus Hafiz
 
Managing Director
 
Quantm Mining LTD
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