419 scam: "Mr.YASSIF MUSAH" <mmr.yassif@yahoo.com> Gold / Diamond for sale..........

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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!

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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.YASSIF MUSAH" <mmr.yassif@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: myassif@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:36:56 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Gold / Diamond for sale..........

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am DR HARRISON ROBERT,a Ghanaian. I am a Gold / Diamond miner of P.O box Nk 160 North Kaneshie - Accra Ghana, I also represents some of the local small scale miners. I have presently in stock 1000 kg of Smelted Gold Bars/Gold Dust looking for a potential buyer. I observe all the prevailing international conditions allowed in the marketing of the products.

Products: Smelted Gold Bars/Gold Dust
Quantity: 1000kg
Price: USD 18, 000.00 Per Kg
Products: Rough Diamonds
Quality: Gem
Quantity: 5000 Carats. COMMODITY: ROUGH DIAMONDS
Carat weight per stone: .05 and above
Clarity: VS1 or Better.
COLOR: J OR Better.
TYPE: Takeable, Cu tables, AND/ Crystals.

We are also available to sign a long term contract agreement with any interested buyer for an agreed time period supply. we supply directly to the buyers destination when the need arises. we also have in stock already cut scrap metals for sell, as much metric tons.

Regards,
DR HARRISON ROBERT.
Tel:233 54 5055793

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