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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Samuel Kojo" <scanner@clinicainternacional.com.ec>
Reply-To: localminers_g@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 06:51:57 -0500 (ECT)
Subject: WE NEED INTERESTED GOLD BUYER
Attention Please,
Permit me using this medium to reach you. We are Local Gold Miners
Association here in our region, Accra- Ghana. Our Association has
750Kilograms of Gold Bars in stock for sale at a negotiable price per
Kilo.
If you are interested to buy Gold please feel free to negotiate with our
Association and we are ready to sale to you at a good price. Our main aim
is to partnership with a foreigner that can directly buy Gold Bars/Gold
Dust from us instead of through government agents, we incure loses through
government taxes hence we wanted to raise money to purchase mining
equipments which will help us increase in our mining concession.
Please contact me for more details if you are interested. We are willing
to invite you on face to face meeting here in Ghana and we will make all
modalities arrangements for shipment of the Gold you buy to your
destination with all valid required Documents.
Our specifications of Gold Bar are below:
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AU METALS
Commodity: Gold Bars
Purity: 99.63%
Quantity: 750Kilograms
Quality: 24 Carat
Price: $32,000 per Kg
Discount: Negotiable
Country of Origin: Ghana
I wait your response soon.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Samuel Kojo.
Local Gold Miners.
Phone: +234-809-912-7823
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