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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "SHEHU MUSA" <shehumusahg2@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: shehumusagh1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:31:13 -0700
Subject: ALLUVERAL GOLD DUST OFFER

MR. SHEHU MUSA
E-mail: shehumusagh1@yahoo.com

Dear Sir,
My name is Shehu Musa, an agent in Gold business. This letter will be a surprise to you but is a matter of business relationship between you and I. We have a gold from BIG MINING COMPANY HERE IN GHANA.
The COMPANY is registered in the Republic of Ghana and export alluvial Gold Dust to interest Clients all over the world.
Please find the company’s full corporate offer (FCO).
The COMPANY offer with full legal responsibility and under penalty of perjury declare the following GOLD DUST free and encumbered with full authority, ready, willing and able to sell under the following terms and conditions.
COMMODITY === ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST
QUANTITY === 200
QUALITY CONTROL === 22 CARAT
PRICE === 13,500 US DOLLARS PER KILO
PAYMENT === IN US DOLLARS TO THE SELLER’S DESIGNATED ACCOUNT
DELIVERY === DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER’S DESTINATION
TRANSACTION PROCEDURE
The company invites buyer or his representative to come to Ghana to access for himself the work being done by the company, inspect the quantity and have a rough test on the gold ready to be exported. Having known the analysis report and been satisfied, pay the total value of the product purposely for export documentations, export duties, insurance and traveling expenses for the choice to the representative designate. Upon arrival at the final destination goods are sent to the refinery under tight security.
Buyer together with the company’s representative has to be present at the refinery, verify the gold dust, the quality and quantity available and to disclose all liens and encumbrances.
Upon receipt of the proof of the gold, makes full payment less any upfront paid to the company within four working days from the day of final assay.
Documents to be attached to the goods before airlifting the product are as follows.
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN
CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT LAB TEST
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EXPORT PERMIT
BANK OF GHANA FORM A2
COMMERCIAL INVOICE
AIRWAY BILL
Hope the above procedure will meet your condition of purchase. We are ready, capable and willing to consign to you the above product every month after successfully exporting the said quantity.
Thanks with regards.
Yours faithfully,
SHEHU MUSA
Agent


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