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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. Samuel kojo" <localminers.g@gmail.com>
Reply-To: localminers_g@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:19:41 +0000
Subject: PLEASE CONFIRM MAIL RECEIVED!!


Dear Buyer,

We are the Local Gold Miners in republic of Ghana, We have gold dust
for sale, we are looking for buyers, we need an organization or
individual that can help us sale our Gold then invest with us, then we
shall go into partnership with them as to develop our mining
concession, We will be pleased to go into partnership with you.

If Only You Can Understand Our Primary Problems. We Are Facing a lot
of Problems in Our Mining concessions, because we Lack Modern Mining
Equipments and Machines. We have in stock 350kg Gold Dust and
specification of our Gold Dust below:
..
Purity: --------------------------- 96.5%.
Carats: ----------------------- --- 22 carats Plus.
Price: ------------------------ ---- 32,000 USD per kg.
Origin: ----------------------- ---- Ghana.

Interested buyers are welcomed for a transparent business discussion.
Contact us for more information.
Best Regards,
Mr. Samuel Kojo
Local Gold Miners.


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