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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mohammed Alpha <m_alpha01@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: Mohammed Alpha <moh2012_alpha@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:00:53 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: GOLD BARS AND GOLD DUST FOR SALE
Good Day,
We are a potential dealer of Au-metal we have available Alluvial Gold Dust (AU) ready for sell to a serious buyer.
We are dully
registered with the government of Mali with Regional office in Bamako
and we have the requisite authorization export license to export general metal and gold product to Oversea.
Our
vision is to create a single channel for satisfying diverse and high
class needs of our valued partners. We are highly flexible in responding to dynamic needs of our customers. We have a set of truly devoted
professionals who focus on their areas of specialties to produce highest value products. We believe in partnership not only with our customers
but also with our employees who have proved to be a key in maintaining
the highest level of excellence in Our outputs.
Interested buyer are required to come down to Mali to inspect the gold product and sign a contract agreement with us thereafter, the shipping arrangement
will be made.
We the principal sellers are pleased to make
this offer of AU Gold Dust Gold Alluvial Under the penalty of perjury
and with full corporate and legal responsibility to the following terms
and conditions.
SPECIFICATION:
1. Product: AU-Alluvial Gold
2. Origin: MALI -West Africa
3. Type: AU Gold Dust Gold
4. Purity: 92%
a) Commodity : Gold Dustâ€
b) Position : 22+Karat
c) Fineness : 99% +
d) Origin : Mali
e)Price   : $33,500USD
DOCUMENT
Certificate of Origin
Certificate of Ownership
Commercial Invoice
Declaration Certificate of Non Criminal Origin
Shippers Instruction for airway bill showing flight detail. Departure and Arrival date and time of the
gold.
PROCEDURES:
Seller issues a FCO with the company Full address.Buyer signed and returns to seller.
Our terms and Conditions is very simple and clear, Kindly govern accordingly while waiting for your positive response.
Have a nice day and God bless.
Best Regards
Mr Mohammed Alpha
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