419 scam: Asante Umeh <umehasante@hotmail.com> Gold Deal

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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!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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

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: Asante Umeh <umehasante@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: umehasante@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:43:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Gold Deal

Attention:

My name is Mr. Asante Umeh. I am the Chief Elders of my village. Therefore, my community wants me to help them sell their Gold and Blue Diamond Stones for they intend using the money in developing the village.

In view of this, l am looking for a foreign partner who is willing to buy some of the Goods and the community leaders are willing to sell at a cheaper price.

Below is the specification:
Commodity: AU Alluvial Gold Dust / BARS
Carat: 23 Carat
Quantity: 250 kg
Price: USD$22,500.00
Purity: 92.9%
Blue Diamond Stones: 139500 Carats.
Origin: Cape-Coast.

Here is the details:

(1). After meeting with the Elders of the community, you will re-negotiate with them on reduction of price of the Gold.

(2). You will make an agreement with the community Elders to pay for the shipping documentation of the Gold, you will insist on this payment
only and the full payment will be made to them after you must have shipped the Gold to your country.

(3). You would then make payment to the community on trust after you have receive the goods in your country, all this will be on the assurance and impression with a written agreement and I am sure they will cooperate with me.

I will be glad to hear from you soonest.

Mr. Asante Umeh.
The Chief Village of Obuasi,
Ghana

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