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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: pure goldminer <puregoldminer01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pure goldminer <puregoldminer1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 22:07:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Alluvial Gold Dust for sale


Dear Sir/Madam,

We are small scale Gold miners here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire. We have huge quantity of alluvial Gold Dust for sale at aconsiderable price of Gold Dust $28,500USD per kilo and Gold Dory Bar $30,000 USD per Kilo which is below world market price because we
recently decided to expand our business scope internationally and are on the move of building our customer
and partnershipnetwork.

We want only reliable
and serious buyer or broker for a
long term business relationship.If you are
interested,do not hesitate to get back to us as soon as
you receive this mail so that we will prepare and send you our
full co-operate offer (FCO). Even if you are not prepared to buy our Gold Dust now but can get a buyer for us, we pay 7% commission per kg toAgent/Mandate or Intermediary.
We look forward in doing a long lasting business transaction with you.

Best Regards
Chief. lamine Adams
Local Miners Gold,Diamond,Minerals
Rue de Canal Zone 3 Marcory
03 BP 1195 Abidjan
03
Côted’Ivoire

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