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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. George Culmer" <g.culmer06@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 15:35:40 +0000
Subject: Gold For Sale
Dear Sir
We are a small scale Gold miners here in Ghana in the sub-region of West Africa. We have some quantity of alluvial Gold Dust for sale at a reasonable and considerable price. If you are interested, do not hesitate to give us feedback as soon as possible for us to give you a full co-operate offer (FCO). Also even if you are not prepared to buy our Gold now, you can look for a buyer that will buy our Gold through you so that you will benefit a commission from it as well.We sincerely use this medium to contact you to let you know what we have presently:
PRODUCT: ALLUVIAL GOLD DUSTQUALITY : 22+ CARAT or BETTERPURITY : 92.6%PRICE : $35,000 USDQUANTITY : 25 KILOGRAMSORIGIN : Republic Of Ghana
We usually prefer to do our transaction mainly on FOB Ghana. Our appointed representative shall accompany you and the product to the final destination and monitor further inspection of the assay process that will be carried out in the country where the product shall be shipped to. After you must have been satisfied with the product, our money shall be paid to us through an account that we will provide or to our appointed representative. If need be you shall assist us to purchase needed plant machinery and mining equipment with part of the money for our use in order to boost our local production capacity.
We can also go into a joint venture if you are interested based on your concern and interest shown to the miners during your visit to the mining communities. Your quick and favorable response would be appreciated.
We look forward in doing long lasting business transaction with you.
Best Regards,Mr. George Mena C.
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