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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Christopher Abuore" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:53:57 +0200
Subject: Gold For Sale
Dear Sir,
My name is Christopher Abuore and am a gold dealer from Accra Ghana based in Cote D'ivoire. I got your contact information from the chamber of commerce Industry whilst I was looking for somebody who is interested in gold.
I hope that my email does not come as a surprise because I have some quantity of gold given to me by some rebels after the war in Cote D'ivoire that I wish to sell to you at a very good/ affordable price. I am presently in Accra Ghana and can provide you all details/necessary information you will need to verify me and the gold should you be interested.
I remain available and can be reached on tel: +233241211056
COMMODITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR GOLD DUST
COMMODITY: Alluvial Gold ( AU)
FORM: GOLD DUST/BARS
FINESS / PURITY: 22+ carat with 96.7% fineness/ purity
QUANITY: 50-100kgs per month for a period of two year
PRODUCT HISTORY: Clean, Clear, no liens and non-criminal origin
ORIGIN: Cote D'ivoire
PRICE: 25% discount of world market price
DELIVERY: To Buyers choice of refinery .
ASSAY: Buyer choice of refinery
PACKING: Export Package Boxes / Bars / Metal or Wooded Export Containers
MODE OF PAYMENT
Buyer Comes or send a representative to Belgium to inspect the goods, Then pick up the goods to any refinery of her choice in Belgium to assay
the goods and if the purity and carat of the goods is okay with him/ her then buyer will be responsible in paying all their shipping cost. Deduct the payment he made for the shipping cost from the total cost of the goods and the rest balance will be sent to our bank account. Our company agent will also accompany
the product to buyer refinery to make sure we get our balance.
Regards,
Christopher Abuore
Tel:+233241211056
IP: 96.35.151.85 USERNAME : backupexec PASSWORD: password
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