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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.Daniel Asiedu" <revfrtimothygyan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: asiedumrdaniel@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:31:15 +0000
Subject: GOLD BUSINESS

Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Mr.Kingsley Quaye from Atuabo village Tarkwa western region
Ghana. I am in search of a reliable person. I also wish to write you
this letter with believe to establish business relationship with you.
I want to know if you can help my family in generating the stated
mining equipment machines, we come to agreement and negotiated with an
Agent (Broker) who assisted us to contact a buyer from the United
States of America to buy the gold based on CIF, meaning cost in
freight.

The Agent propagated shipment to the United States with his money and
contacts to USA because we are not fully into exportation, we are
local miners in the rural area, ever since he arrived USA with some
67kilos of gold few days ago, unfortunately before the Agent arrived
the United States with the Gold, the buyer has been declared bankrupt
by his local bank, and so he was not able to buy the gold, our initial
contract agreement with the buyer is that the Agent will facilitate
shipment, when the gold arrives, the buyer will send money to the
Agent for Airport customs declaration over there in USA and clearance
so that the Agent will clear the gold and deliver it to the buyer's
nominated refinery in USA.

The Agent is currently in North Carolina, United States of America
with the 67 kilos of gold, please our proposal is, if you are
interested in buying the gold,declare your phone numbers, the Agent
will contact you and detail you on the clearance at the USA airport
customs to release the Gold and then you will advice the agent how he
can deliver the gold to your nominated address as the owner in USA.

Our initial price with the agent in USA is $35,700 Per Kilo, the
purity is 96.8 and the carat is 22+, after smelting for Assay, you
will get 23+ carat.
Mode of payment can be negotiated thereafter.

Kindly provide us your mobile phone number for more details as
informed to enable us proceed.

Anticipating for your urgent reply.
Kind regard.
Mr.Kingsley Quaye.

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