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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: PASTOR PHILIP <pastorphilip04@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:33:02 +0100
Subject: HELLO DEAR


ATTN SIR

My name is PHILIP TRIMELL, a consultant in a BIG GOLD MINING COMPANY IN GHANA.
We have assorted Gold and silver for distribution .Our COMPANY is registered in the Republic of Ghana and we export alluvial Gold Dust to interested reliable Clients all over the world.


Our COMPANY offers full legal responsibility and under penalty of perjury declare the following GOLD DUST free and encumbered with full authority, ready,
willing and able to sell under the following terms and conditions.

COMMODITY === ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST
QUANTITY === 250 KILO
QUALITY CONTROL === 22 CARAT
PRICE === 7,500 US DOLLARS PER KILO
PAYMENT === IN US DOLLARS TO THE SELLER’S DESIGNATED
ACCOUNT DELIVERY === DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER’S DESTINATION.

For further details, visit our WEB SITE: www.24hgold.com

TRANSACTION PROCEDURE

1) We are giving a credit supply of three (3)KG of Gold worth of ($22,500 US DOLLARS) to any intersted distributor in the worlds to pay us back after sales.
You shall deduct %40 of the total sales which goes to you as commision, this offer is our company's trial .

REQUIREMENTS ARE :

SCANNED COPPIES OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS MUST BE ATTACHED BY E-MAIL AND SEND TO US.

A)INT'L PASSPORTS OR WORKING ID
B)BANK DETAILS
C)BANK STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
D)CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
E)CONTACT ADDRESS

The above documents serve as security for releasing our products to you.


2)Our company invites buyers or his representative to come to Ghana to access for himself the work being done by the company, inspect the quantity and have a
rough test on the gold ready to be exported. Having known the analysis report and been satisfied, pay the total value of the product purposely for export documentations, export duties, insurance and traveling expenses for the choice to the representative designate.


I look forward to hear from you.

Philip Trimell


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