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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • kelvingold100@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Kelvin Mensah" <kelmensah1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kelvingold100@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:46:43 +0000
Subject: Galansey Group Gold Mines Tarkwa Ghana.

Hello Dear, I am a representative of many groups of Local Miners of Gold Dust in Tarkwa Western Region Ghana. This Miners Mine on there private Lands with Groude implements and usually get small quantities. They are known as “Galansey” and had past been selling their products to local buyers who reap them off by buying at a very low price. Inview of their experience they have come together with the aim of contributing their products for sale internationally to achieve better selling conditions against what local buyers usually give to them. Their Gold Dust is 22+ carats with 92% purity. The order group are calving African art work, both accient and model art works, they also come together to sale their products to foriegn buyers who can help them to solve their poorverty problems here in Tarkwa. Inview, please let me know if you are in need of these products to enable us discuss further with you. I earnestly await for your reply.
Best regards
Kelvin Mensah.
Tel; 00233-243-870714
Email;kelvingold100@yahoo.com

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