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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: "Mr. David" <ishmaelodum@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:22:03 +0200
Subject: Selling of gold dust and gold bars

Dear Sir/Madam,

My Company is selling gold dust, gold bars and gold nuggets, we are base in Ghana we mine gold dust, gold nuggets, Iron Ore and rough diamonds. Note that the buyer doesn't pay any taxes our bankers
will take control of that.

Please if you are interested to purchase our products (Gold Dust, Gold Bars, Gold Nuggets, Rough Diamonds (Gems) and Iron Ore) you are free to contact us for more information. And if you want to be our
agent in your country you are welcome to join our team.

Thanks

Ishmael

Email: ishmaelodum@gmail.com

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