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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • atakora.mensah@personal.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • ijeh_mensah@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FRANKLIN CONSULTING" <franklinconsultant3@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:11:08 -0700
Subject: urgent buyer wanted


Dear Friend,

INTRODUCTION AND OFFER
The Atakora Mensah family of Akyempim Traditional area in the western region
of Ghana has Gold Mining Land about 650 acres and looking for prospective
partner or Gold buyers from abroad as such we present our offer to you as
follows.

Commodity. Alluvial Gold
Quantity. 235 KGS.
Quality. 22 kARATS PLUS
Price . 12. 500 USD PER KILO

CONDITIONS AND TERMS.
Buyer and his agents has to come Ghana to meet the sellers to negotiate and
have a random test of the commodity.

Then if buyer is satisfied with Quality, then buyer shall be obliged to
pre-finance the export of the Gold to facilitate the export procedures
before the Gold could be lifted to the buyer`s choice of refinery abroad.

The export documents shall be prepared in the both the seller and the
buyer`s name hence the Gold shall be accompanied by the seller or a
representative to buyer`s choice of refinery.
Upon the delivery of the Gold to the buyer`s refinery abroad within 5
working days of receipts of the final assay report from the buyer`s choice
of refinery, buyer shall be obliged to pay the balance of the total value of
the Gold into the seller`s designated account to be provided by seller.

Note that any expenses to be incurred by the buyer shall be subject to
deduction by buyer before final payment is madeto seller.

We therefore anticipate a warm responds from any prospective buyer.

Regards,
Kofi. A. Mensah.

REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. atakora.mensah@personal.ro or ijeh_mensah@yahoo.fr

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