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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: "LOCAL GOLD MINING C.I" <mr.orj11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: leongoldming@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:31:47 +0000
Subject: Re: GOLD FOR SALE,


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Dear Sir/Madam,

We are small scale Gold miners here in Cote d’Ivoire. We have huge quantity
of alluvial Gold Dust for sale at a considerable price of $28,000USD 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 partnership network.

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 now
but can get a buyer for us, we pay $2000USD commission per kg to
Agent/Mandate or Intermediary.

We look forward in doing a long lasting business transaction with you.
Thank for your co-operation.
Best Regards,
Mr. Bernard Leon,

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