419 scam: " KHALIFA GOLD TRADE EXPORT INC" <noreply@khalifagoldtraders.com> SOFT CORPORATE OFFER FOR GOLD TRADE

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
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.
- khalifa.trade.export@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " KHALIFA GOLD TRADE EXPORT INC" <noreply@khalifagoldtraders.com>
Reply-To: khalifa.trade.export@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 06:40:06 -0700
Subject: SOFT CORPORATE OFFER FOR GOLD TRADE - CIF DELIVERY BUYER REFINERY!

KHALIFA TRADE & EXPORT COMPANY LTD is a trading company located in the United Kingdom. We work in several areas where we are direct representatives to manufacturers, miners, and merchants without intermediaries. Our workspaces are the following ones: Main Items: Mining, Gold Bullion, Gold Dust, Diamonds, Platinum, Copper Cathode & Copper Ore, Crude Oil & Derivatives: BLCO, SLCO, LLCO, D2, Jet Fuel.
Apart from the fact that we principal sellers, we also mediate between end buyers and sellers.

KHALIFA TRADE & EXPORT COMPANY LTD trading department is equally looking constantly for bargain deals to buy and sell at competitive prices from physical suppliers/mine owners or major traders to international buyers. We are using this opportunity to acquaint ourselves with your firm, as we presently have quite a large quantity of commodities available in Gold, Diamond and Petroleum Derivatives.

GOLD BARS - SOFT CORPORATE OFFER
We KHALIFA TRADE & EXPORT COMPANY LTD hereby submit our Full Corporate Offer on behalf of our Seller and State that we are ready and willing to Supply the Below Mentioned Gold Bars with full Responsibility as Per under Stated Terms & Conditions.

COMMODITY SPECIFICATIONS

COMMODITY: Gold Bars
QUANTITY: 250-500 kg Spot with R&E
First Trial shipment: 150 kg
ORIGIN: Ghana
CARAT: 22 Carat
FORM: Gold bars
WEIGHT: 1 kg each
PURITY: 96%+
DELIVERY: CIF Buyer destination free-zone Air-Port
PRICE: LBMA word market second fixing minus discount
DISCOUNT: Gross 14% and Net 9%
COMMISSIONS: 5% to be pay by the Buyer by IMFPA
PAYMENT: SBLC VIA MT760 or otherwise stated.
PB: 2% PB after Buyer instrument

GENERAL INFORMATION
The Seller guarantees that it has full and free disposition, legal and personal responsibility, and total authority to sell and deliver the Product, subject matter of the present FCO and that it guarantees its capacity to sell and deliver said Product in the amounts and qualities specified here.

PAYMENT
By CASH WIRE TRANSFER or SBLC via Swift for the amount of the first trial shipment of 200 kg.

DELIVERY
SELLER will pay all taxes, duties, shipping costs, customs clearance and government taxes, insurance and handling fees for each shipment of GOLD
BARS to the Buyer's nominated Refinery destination free-zone airport. The BUYER´s Clearing Agent will clear shipment through Customs in his country and complete the delivery to his Refinery on his account.

Validity: This SCO is valid for 10 days.
Date: May 16, 2014

PLEASE CONTACT THE UNDERSIGNED ON EMAIL FOR A FULL CORPORATE OFFER WITH PROCEDURES.

Sincerely,

Jubril KHALIFA
C. E. O: KHALIFA TRADE & EXPORTS
A Division of: KHALIFA LIMITED
24 MALCOLMSON CLOSE | BIRMINGHAM | B15 3LS
Seller/Buyer Mandate - Fuel's, Gold, Cement, Sugar, Currency, Bonds
Email: khalifa.trade.export@gmail.com

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