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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: "MR. DANIELS NANA-ADDO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <danielsnanaaddo@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:21:40 +0430
Subject: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT!!!


Hello Dear,

I am Mr. Daniels Nana-Addo,we are small scale miners from Takwa community the gold region of Ghana . I wish to inform you that we have a large quantity of Alluvial Gold Dust and Diamonds for sale belonging to the entail community that is why we are looking for competent buyers or who will help us sale or find buyers for us. And we only deal straight with the buyer that is willing to come down for a face to face business meeting and to have agreement signed on this.

Below Is Our Gold Dust Specifications.
Diamonds: large quantity
Products: Alluvial Gold Dust
Quantity: 150 kilos in stock but any quantity of your choice for a start (even 1kilo we can sale)
Quality : 23+ Carats
Purity : 96.67%
Origin : Ghana, West Africa .
Price : $42.500 USD per (1) kilo (Negotiable)

Our community's Condition is that: Buyer pay no upfront money but buyer help for the documentation's and shipment cost to any refinery of his or her choice. If you are willing to buy from our community, we can send you our FCO for your perusal. If it is ok for you, we can invite you to our mining site in Ghana here. So that you can see things for yourself and also buy as many quantities you desire to buy.
Please indicate your interest, So that we can proceed further.

Mr. Daniels Nana-Addo.
(For the Family)

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