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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: MR DANIEL SANUHO <mrdanielsanuho001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.daniel3310@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 06:34:38 +0100 (BST)
Subject: RE SEARCH A GOLD BUYING




Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Daniel Sanuho, I am contacting you in regards of the gold business relationship which I would like us to work together to accomplish.

My family are well known in my community, beside my family is a major Dealer into gold mining and a licensed cotton Merchant before now we are direct owner of Alluvial Gold Dust which we have for-sale and we are looking for serious buyers who have interest in purchasing it, AU GOLD-DUST and am willing to work with you if you are interested in buying gold from us.

We are also looking for foreign investors who can help us expand out mining site, we have Five (5) mining Concession, in which 3 are currently virgin and due to the fact that we are mining locally with out proper equipment we are capable of mining 30 to 45 kilo per week from 1 Concession.
Available at the moment:

Please find below my Full Corporate Offer (FCO) for the sale of my AU Metal dust:
(FULL CORPORATE OFFER)
OWNER OF AU METAL--------------- Mr. Daniel Sanuho
PRODUCT: -------------------------- Alluvial Gold Dust/Bars (AU).
ORIGIN: --------------------------- Republic of Burkina-Faso.
QUANTITY: ------------------------ 120 kilograms.
QUALITY: -------------------------- 22+carat.
PURITY: ------------------------- 96
PRICE PER KILOGRAM: ------------ $46,500USD (Negotiable).

I would like to meet you in-person, so we can negotiate and share better ideas and ways on how we can finalize the transaction.
I am looking forward in reading from you, i hope in getting in good relationship with you

Regards.
Mr. Daniel Sanuho

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