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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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Fraud email example:

From: "mining" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kwesimining@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:32:41 -0700
Subject: raw gold bar 22+carat purity 94% sold at 38,000usd$ per 1kilo

Dear Sir.


Soft Corporate Offer
We are small scale/Local family mining company in Ghana very capable and have the capacity to mine between 30-50kgs every month of Alluvial Gold dust.We have now approximately 75 kgs ready for sale.
We also don,t accept upfront payment but can send you an invitation Letter to get your Visas from our Ghana Embassy in your home country to visit us in Ghana and inspect our products/test and Assay through our Government Refineries in Ghana before Payments.

DESCRIPTION
PRODUCT - ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST/BARS
QUANTITY - 75 KILOGRAMS
QUALITY - 22.CARATS+
PRICE - $38,000 /PER KG (Commisions $1,000)WHILE PMMC PRICE: $52,000 /KG
ORIGIN - GHANA WEST AFRICA
PURITY - 94.00% better.
SHIPMENT - FOB Only.
SHIPMENT: Through a trusted Sellers shippers in Accra-Ghana.
PROCEDURE:Buyer will arrange and travel to Ghana for inspection on the product.
1.Random Samples of the Gold Dust would be tested at the Ghana Geological Survey Department Laboratory, after satisfactory result of the testing, Buyer will be responsible for the 7.5% export taxes of the total value of Gold Dust for shipment "based on the agreed price between buyer and seller in US dollars" this is to ensure that all requisite export documents are obtained for the shipment of the product and one of Seller’s Rep’s accompany Buyer with Gold to Buyer’s chosen destination/refinery.
2.Seller and Buyer agrees to have a Table top meeting at Sellers office and proceed to AA minerals, or Asap Vasa refineries after Proof of Funds,for Test/Assay of products after Proof of Funds before final payment for Gold to sellers at any Bank in Accra for the seller to have full counting/safety of money at the Bank.
TERMS OF PAYMENT: The payment of the product will be done after Assay at any refinery in Ghana.Or in alternative to Proceedures Nos 1:the Buyer will only pay 7.5% of total cost of Gold to seller for Export/documentation and royalty charges,to enable seller pay for all the Export Expenses and documentation,while Payment of the 92.5% shall be agreed upon, between Buyer and Seller base on the final Assay result from the Buyer's refinery.While one of Sellers delegate will accompany Gold with buyer to Buyer's final destination.
Looking forward to signing a contract with you soon.

Regards.
Kwesi Jackson Johnson
Tel : +233276059619
Mining Location : Mile 90,Tarkwa-Borgoso,Western Region,Ghana.
Gold inspection office in Accra: Royal Gold Mining Company,Accra-Ghana.
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