419 scam: Mr Tony Benjamin <ritetony1@yahoo.com> LOOKING FOR GOLD BUYER,

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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.
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.
- mr.tonybenjamin@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Tony Benjamin <ritetony1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr.tonybenjamin@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 10:45:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: LOOKING FOR GOLD BUYER,

Dearest Buyer,

I am contacting you for a contract on GOLD DUST, And GOLD BARS, There are bulk of gold dust for sell to interested buyers, each kilo of gold bar is Our office in Touba is representing all the 9 local mining communities, to sale there gold dust and bars.

If you are interested, you can visit our company and mines; you can see the quantity available and go to refinery to inspect the quality before making agreement and exporting of the gold dust to your destination.

1. Gold Dust

2. 22 Carat plus and Purity 92.05%

3. USD for one Kg. Bush price

4. 1200 kilos available.

5. 770 kgs Reserve for shipment now.

Origin: Cote D'Ivoire.

Commodity: Aurum Utallum

1. Form: Gold Bar,

2. Purity: 95.67 % or better.

3. Price : USD for one kg.

4. Quantity Available 1500kgs.

5. 850 kgs Reserved for shipment now.

Origin : Cote D'Ivoire.

DECLARATION: We hereby declare the above information to be true and correct to the best of our knowledge and this offer is being made without prejudice.

Thank for your co-operation and I wait for your email

( mr.tonybenjamin@yahoo.com )

Regards,

Mr. Tony Benjamin

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