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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: Gold Dust <dustg444@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 23:44:23 +0300
Subject: Gold Offer

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We are end suppliers of gold sourcing directly from local miners of
gold dust within the region of Democratic Republic of Congo with our
operational office in Nairobi, Kenya We presently have about 375kg of
assayed gold in our vault facility here in Nairobi, Kenya and are
seeking for reliable direct buyers.
Our Products specifications are
Products :AU Gold Bar/ Nugget
Quantity : 375kg
Quality : 24carat+
Purity : 97.8%
Price: $28,000 Per KG ( Negotiable)
Capacity to supply 100kg per month after the supply of the available 375kg

email us or Call number
+14805267557 ...+256757277036...+254791354111 .
(mininggold6@gmail.com)(changwilliam369@gmail.com)

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