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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 <julia_key1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Mr Jove Markson <mrjovemarkson3@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 02:22:04 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I NEED A SERIOUS GOLD DUST BUYES.


GOLD DUST/BARS FOR SALE I NEED A GOOD 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
4. 1500 kilos av ailable.
Origin: Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.

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. We are ready to sale it to you and you don't have any risk to do business with us. Our selling system is very simple and is under standard selling procedure. If you are not a buyer but can as well get us a Serious 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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