419 scam: "Gold For Sale" <energy--consultant@att.net> Gold Dust / Nugget Seller

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "patalia@gmx.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "patalia@gmx.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Gold For Sale" <energy--consultant@att.net>
Reply-To: <patalia@gmx.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:35:11 -0800
Subject: Gold Dust / Nugget Seller

Dear Sir

I got your contact when I was searching for the people who buy gold and I decided to contact you for this very mutual benefit.

We are representative of mining association of Mali, Burkina-Faso, Cote D’Ivoire And Ghana (West Africa)
EMAIL (patalia@gmx.co.uk) specialized in gold dust/Nugget. We are looking for partners in Europe, Asia or USA.

Below is are the characteristics
Commodity : AU gold dust proposal
Quantity : 500 Kgs
Quality : 22 carat plus
Purity : 95 %
Price : 19.500 $ / KG BUSH PRICE
Origin : West Africa

1_ Buyer or his representative have to come down to Africa and verify the evidence of the product ,Inspect the gold before shipment commence.

2 _ Buyer will be responsible for the shipment of the gold to his refinery

3_ Seller or his representative will follow the buyer with the consignment to their refinery for the final assay and payment

4_ All expenses incur by the buyer will be deducted from the total sales before the final payment will be made to our nominated bank account..

5_ After the first transaction, buyer and seller will sign a revolving of 50 – 100 Kegs monthly.

We are also asking that after the first sale of the gold, The buyer will help us use the part of the money realized to procure some mining equipment to enable us increase our mining strength and whatever we realized from the mining will be supply to you on regular basis.
We are also looking for financial capable buyer who can invest in our mining site at the ratio of 60-40% of our production.
If you are interested by our proposal, please do let us know in order to deal officially with Our Direct EMAIL:(patalia@gmx.co.uk)

My Best Regards

Jonathan Mensah.

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