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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Williams Mensah Kojo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <williams.kojo401@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 01:43:21 +0200
Subject: I await your response.
Hello Sir
I am Mr. Williams Mensah Kojo, we are a private Local Gold mining Company based in the Republic of Ghana We are looking for a reliable buyer who is capable of buying our entire Gold products on a monthly basis. We have the capacity of supplying 50kg of Alluvial Gold on a monthly basis. At the moment, we are in a position of 200kgs of A U Gold Bar which we can sell at a reasonable price. We also deal in diamonds.
Most importantly: we would like our buyer to come down to Ghana for physical inspection and preliminary analysis to ascertain and confirm the sample test analysis from the government laboratory here in Accra - Ghana.
If you are interested Kindly reply to me after that more information will be given to you.
Thanks, as I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards
Mr. Williams Mensah Kojo
Goldmine Trading Office
Accra, Republic of Ghana
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