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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: "Ministry Of Mines And Steel Developement" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <totsolve@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:28:24 -0700
Subject: Iron ore offer.

Dear Sir/Madam,

The Nigerian Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in partnership with TOTSOLVE TRADING UAE offers for sale, 13.5 million M/T of iron ore of over 65% Fe at the rate of USD$90.50 M/T F.O.B Apapa Lagos.
We are interested to cooperate directly with the end buyers with the capacity to purchase the entire stock pile that is already stocked near the Lagos Apapa sea port.
We look forward to your early reply.

Yours sincerely,
Arc. Musa Mohammed Sada,
Honorable Minister of Mines and Steel Development.

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