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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: jean pierre raynaud <edouarddiamidiabiaoci@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "jean pierre raynaud" <jpierreraynaud0@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:59:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: OUR GOLD FOR SALE


Dear sir ,
I hope you are keeping safe and taking all necessary precautions against the COVID-19 Pandemic. we are Local Miners Base in West Africa. We do have 22+ Carats, PURITY 95.67% + AU GOLD BARS Quantity: 500kg , AVAILABLE FOR SELL. We are looking for Long Term serious buyer/ buyers mandates, We also advice Buyers to fly down to Africa physically inspect, test, see and assay the Gold Bars for themselves and buy so we can establish a Long Term business Relationship. NOTE : We give you nothing less than 22 karat. If you are interested, we kindly ask you to give us your email address in order to send you our offer, the photo and video of our gold stock . We offer a commission of 3% per kilogram tested and sold to any intermediary. If you are interested contact me here : jpierreraynaud0@gmail.com
Cordialy
M. Jean-Pierre Raynaud

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