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Fraud email example:

From: ibrahim tahir <ibrahim_tahir25@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <ibrahim1_tahir@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:44:56 +0100
Subject: 210 kg alluvial gold dust for sale




Good morningWe represent more than 24 village groupings of Orphans forming a cooperative. We collect 5 - 10 kg of raw gold a day. We let us dispose KG of 216 / nowadays 22.6 karats by dint of $18,500 / kg.We have all official documents which gives us right to export some GOLD. Every purchaser have to personally have on the spot assesment of the gold and to make the preliminary test for confirmation of quality and of quantity. Thereafter it will take care of expenses linked in the exportation of gold in the refinery of its choice for the assaying. These different expenses makes 7.5 % of the complete value of the goods alluvial gold All these expenses done here in PERMA Rép of Benin by the purchaser will be deducted before complete payment and final payment is madeby the buyer. One or two of our representatives will follow the purchaser up to the refinery for the assaying operation and wait untill finalpayment after the result of the refinery. If you agreed for our procedure, we shall send you immediatement FCO on letter headed papers of our firm. For all other useful explanation please dont hesitate ask us. contact.Elhahj Ibrahim TAHIR phone contact :0022 993 940 802/ 0022 990 935 336OUR VERY BEST REGARDS
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