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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: Mr Nana Kwesi <kothomson655@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nanakwesigold@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:46:51 +0100
Subject: Re: WE NEED A SERIOUS BUYER

Dear Sir/Madam

Good day to you and thank you for your interest in buying Gold Dust and
bars from us. We are small scale mining company in Ghana. We have a
capacity to produce between 50-250kgs of Alluvial Gold dust We have now
approximately 145kgs ready for sale.We need a very serious buyer

DESCRIPTION
PRODUCT - ALLUVIAL DUST
QUANTITY - 145 KILOGRAMS
QUALITY - 22 CARATS+
PRICE - $30,000 A KILO
ORIGIN - GHANA WEST AFRICA
PURITY - 92.92%

SHIPMENT: The shipment will be carried out by a freight and forwarding
Agent based here in Accra.

If you can as well get me buyer for my gold , i will pay you commission for
this, just get us a serious buyer. We will like you to come down to Ghana
if it is possible for you

Thank for your co-operation.
Regards,

Mr Nana Kwesi
Contact email: nanakwesigold@gmail.com

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