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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: Frank Wilnifred <jlekal07@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:54:40 +0200
Subject: GOLD INTERESTED BUYERS CONTACTS US


Dear Sir / Madam,

We like to introduce our selves to you as some villagers from Ghana West in
Africa . It’s a good pleasure for us to inform you that, we deal on GOLD
here in our country Ghana.

We have best quality of GOLD available for sale now and our price is
reasonable compare to the world market, our price is USD$35,000 for a kilo,
and we have over 500kg at the moment for sale.

The quality of our gold is 22karat+ and Purity: 94.22%.
We were told that there is a lucrative market for gold in your country now,
if even you are not buying the gold may be you can get me a buyer and you
will get your commission for getting us a buyer. The Gold will be delivered
to any destination of your choice. Please contact me for more info and FCO.

These are the Specs of our gold:
Quantity: more than 500kg
Quality: 22karat+
Purity: 94.22%
Price: $35,000 per a kilo

I waite for your prompt response if you are interested in our quality Gold.


B. Regards
Mr Muhammed Sadiku

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