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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Adu Keita" <"mr.adu.keita."@fancy.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Adu Keita" <barr_jibrinisa@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 20:38:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: A.U Alluvial Gold Dust For Sale.

Attn sir / madam,

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 400 kilograms of 22.karat alluvial Gold monthly.

Following is information concerning our product:

Quantity: 400 kilograms available monthly
Quality: 22. karat alluvial Au
Origin: Burkina Faso and Ghana, West Africa
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 Burkina Faso and Ghana necessary to export Gold from Republic of Benin, thus we can provide service to any part of the world.

If you are interested please get back to me for more details.

Thanks,
Mr. Adu Keita.











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