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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mr Jove Markson <mrsamandajohnson4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjovemarkson3@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:50:20 +0200
Subject: Re: I NEED A SERIOUS GOLD DUST BUYES

GOLD DUST/BARS FOR SALE I NEED SERIOUS BUYES NOW.

Dearest Buyer,

We are small scale Gold miners here on the sub-region of West Africa.
We have some huge quantity of alluvial Gold Dust And Gold Bars, for
sale at a considerable price of $28, 500 USD per kilo which is below
world market price (Bush Price). If you are interested, do not
hesitate to get back to us as soon as possible for us to give you our
full co-operate offer (FCO). We look forward in doing a long lasting
business transaction with you.

1. Gold Dust and Gold Bars,
2. 22 Carat plus and Purity 92%
3. 28,500 USD for one Kg. Bush price

We are ready to sale it to you and you don't have any risk to do
business with us. i am a genuine Gold business man here. and I will
like us to do business in future and i promise to assist you establish
a big gold business in future in your country. Our selling system is
very simple and is under standard selling procedure.

If you are interested, you can visit our company and mines; you can
seethequantity available and go to refinery to inspect the quality
before making agreement and exporting of the gold dust to your
destination. If you are not a buyer but can as well get us a buyer for
our Gold Dust, I will pay you commission of 7% for any quantity we
supply to buyer through you, just get me a serious buyer. Thank for
your co-operation,

Best Regards,

MR.JOVE MARKSON

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