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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.
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Benjamin Adama <mrbadama1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mr Benjamin Adama <mr.adamaeric@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 03:46:38 +0900 (JST)
Subject: WE HAVE GOLD DUST AND GOLD BARS FOR SALE?
WE HAVE GOLD DUST AND GOLD BARS FOR SALE?
It is my pleasure to inform
you that we have some Au gold for sales and I am glad to send to you
this mail for your consideration to purchase the Gold from us locally
here in my office in Ivory Coast. Well as for the moment we have 200kgs
Gold Bars and 100kg Gold Dust and I am selling 1 kg at the rate of
$25,000 usd Please let me know your interest, our discount depends on
how many kilos you are capable to buy. Purity is 96.05% pure. Origin
Cote D’lviore shipment takes place from Ghana due to low export tax.
Finally,
seller is ready and willing to sign contract agreement with the buyer
for the period of any months if he wishes to do so. We have all the
legal documentation accompanying our Gold.
Waiting for your reply
Regards
Mr Benjamin Adama
Direct secretary to the Own
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