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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: Johnson Kofi <web_info.00.11.13@rogers.com>
Reply-To: Johnson Kofi <johnsonkofi@kimo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:46:28 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Raw AU Gold dust/Bullion




 
Dear Sir,
My name is Kofi Johnson from Ghana in West Africa. My father was a gold miner in the mining village of Ghana Tarkwa. Before his death last year, he kept 310 kilos of gold Bars and Dusts in stock. As the first Son of my father, I took in charge of my father’s business. I want to market the gold internationally and use the money carefully to upgrade our mining equipment's.

My vision is to continue in the mining industry established by my father. My father acquired vast mining concession before his death, but some of the mining equipment's in the field are old and outdated. My mission is to sell the available gold and use part of the money to purchase modern mining equipment to upgrade and enhance the collection of more gold.

To achieve this, I need an honest foreign partner who will help me to market the gold internationally so that I will use part of the money to purchase the equipment's. I will be glad if such partner would like to go into partnership with me. Both of us can establish a Joint Venture Company and work on percentage level in the mining business.

If you are interested in this offer, please do let me know. I will send you all the necessary details you need to know about me and the gold. I am looking forward towards hearing from you.

Best Regards
Kofi Johnson

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