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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: "Benard Tetteh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bntetteh233@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:35:31 -0500
Subject: 52.karat Alluvial Gold for Sale.

Hello,

I am writing to you at this time to advertise the availability of our
main product, alluvial gold in bulk quantities. As we represent a
large number of local artisan miners, we are prepared to provide
quantities of up to 800 kilograms of 52.karat alluvial gold monthly.
Following is information concerning our product:

Quantity: 800 kilograms available monthly
Quality: 52. karat alluvial Au
Origin: Ghana, West Africa
Price: $18,500 per kilogram
Assay reports provided by SGS Laboratories, Accra,

Our firm is in possession of the Gold Export Certificate issued by the
Government of the Republic of Ghana necessary to export gold from
Ghana, thus we can provide service to any part of the world.

We are prepared to offer the quantity of gold required to the Buyer
[or their representative] upon their arrival here in Accra. After the
Buyer has confirmed the quantity and the quality of the gold with
their refinery, and is satisfied, only then will we accept payment, by
bank transfer, from the Buyer to us. Further, we currently seek
outside-based serious investors on a partnership basis in order to
increase our production capacity. If you are interested in this
proposal, or have any further questions, kindly contact me at the
numbers listed above.Looking forward to doing business with you.
Yours truly,

Mr. Benard Tetteh.
Chief Director of Marketing

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