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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrlawrencesusuko1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "MR. LAWRENCE SUSUKO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrlawrencesusuko@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:05:08 +0700
Subject: MINING COMPANY
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
WE ARE GOLD MINING COMPANY BASE IN GHANA WEST AFRICA, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A GOLD BUYER WHO IS VERY HONEST, THE NAME OF OUR COMPANY IS JERMAL GOLD MINING GROUND & CO LTD. WE
ALSO HAVE MINING SITE LOOKING FOR AN INVESTORS, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE GOLD DUST/BAR , WE HAVE 100-250KGS OF GOLD DUST AND BAR READY FOR SALE.
PLEASE WE DON’T NEED ANY BROKER OR ANY AGENT. OUR PROCEDURE IS THAT THE BUYER HAS TO COME DOWN HERE IN GHANA FOR US TO SEE FACE TO FACE AND HAVE A TABLE TALK AND ALSO THE BUYER WILL DO ASSAY OF THE GOLD IN ANY REFINERY HERE IN GHANA. WE CAN ALSO PUT THE GOLD TO A BANK SO THAT WE CAN GO TO THE BANK WITH BUYER SO THAT THE BUYER CAN SEE THE GOLD IN A BANK.
WE CAN ALSO SHIP GOLD TO HOLLAND IF THE BUYER IS NOT READY TO COME DOWN HERE WE ALSO HAS THE PROCEDURE AND THE FCO FOR HOLLAND SHIPMENT. I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY
PURITY: 97.08
KARAT: 23KARAT
THE PRICE: US$32.000 FOR PER KILO
THANKS.
BEST REGARDS.
MR. LAWRENCE SUSUKO
(MD) JERMAL GOLD MINING GROUND & COMPANY LTD(GH)
ALTERNATIVE MAIL: mrlawrencesusuko1@yahoo.com
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