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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" <mrjovemarkson31@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Jove Markson" <jovemarksoni@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 21:50:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I NEED A GOOD SERIOUS GOLD BUYES.


GOLD DUST/BARS FOR SALE AND I NEED A GOOD SERIOUS GOLD BUYES.

Dear 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.

If you are interested, you can visit our
company and mines; you can see the quantity available and go to refinery
to inspect the quality before making agreement and exporting of the gold
dust to your destination.

1. Gold Dust
2. 22 Carat plus and Purity 92%
3. 28,500 USD for one Kg. which is below world market price, (Bush Price)
4. 2500 kilos av ailable.
5. 650 kgs Reserve for shipment now.
Origin: Cote D'Ivoire.
Commodity: Aurum Utallum

1. Form: Gold Bar,
2. Purity: 96.4 % like minimum value 96.6% like maximum value.
3. Price :28,500 USD for one kg.
4. Quantity Available 950 kg.
5. 650 kgs Reserved for shipment now.

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 to contact me. we would like
to be in touch with direct buyer or brokers through which we can
establish profound relation and sell our Gold. We are ready to sale it
to you and our selling system is very simple and is under standard
selling procedure. Thank for your co-operation,

Best Regards,

MR JOVE MARKSON

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