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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: Bona Daniel <ph15653@outlook.com>
Reply-To: Bona Daniel <ph15653@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:33:41 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear.


Hello Dear.

We are gold mining company located in Cote D'Ivoire and sub-region of Ghana. We are looking for potential gold buyers, investors and partners to buy our gold nuggets, dust and Gold Dore bars; we also have mining sites and our prices are very affordable in the International market. Our procedure is that the buyer has to come down for face to face business discussion either here in Africa or Europe, also the buyer will do assay of the gold in any refinery preferred.
We look forward to go into a good business relationship with you.

Best Regards,
Mr BONA

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