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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: "Roy Langbord" <financeproject@ovi.com>
Reply-To: financeproject@zing.vn
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:21:56 -0500
Subject: Gold coin And Cash offer


Dear Sir,

My name is Roy Langbord- Grandson to the late Philadelphia gold merchant Israel "Izzy" Switt. In 2003, my mother Mrs. Joan Switt Langbord, drilled opened a safety deposit box that had belonged to my Grandfather and found 10 rare 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagles gold coins worth $80 million and $20 million in cash.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/judge-10-rare-gold-coins-worth-80-million/story?id=17159793#.UEvGHkSpZhD

When we gave the gold coins to the Philadelphia Mint for authentication, the U.S. government seized them without compensating my family. We immediately sued the U.S. Treasury Department through our family attorney Barry H. Berke, and move the cash and other valuables from Box 442 at the bank at 601 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia to a private vault for safe keeping.

We need your assistance in helping us claim the fund from the vault in Philadelphia for investment, please if you are interested, kindly contact me immediately and furnish us with your full COMPANY PROFILE, FULL NAMES, DIRECT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS AND YOUR NATURE OF BUSINESS.

As soon as I receive your response, I shall get back to you with all details to commence. I implore you to observe utmost discretion and I assure you that this transaction will be undertaken with absolute precision and with requisite approval from the U.S. government.

I anticipate your timely response and kind consideration.

Sincerely,

Roy A. Langbord.

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