419 scam: "Mr. Samuel Kojo"<scanner@clinicainternacional.com.ec> WE NEED INTERESTED 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348099127823 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Samuel Kojo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <localminers_g@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:26:15 -1200
Subject: WE NEED INTERESTED GOLD BUYER!

Attention Please,

Permit me using this medium to reach you. We are Local Gold Miners Association here in our region, Accra- Ghana. Our Association has 750Kilograms of Gold Bars in stock for sale at a negotiable price per Kilo.

If you are interested to buy Gold please feel free to negotiate with our Association and we are ready to sale to you at a good price. Our main aim is to partnership with a foreigner that can directly buy Gold Bars/Gold Dust from us instead of through government agents, we incure loses through government taxes hence we wanted to raise money to purchase mining equipments which will help us increase in our mining concession.

Please contact me for more details if you are interested. We are willing to invite you on face to face meeting here in Ghana and we will make all modalities arrangements for shipment of the Gold you buy to your destination with all valid required Documents while you pay us when our Gold have reached your country.

Our specifications of Gold Bar are below:

.

AU METALS

Commodity: Gold Bars

Purity: 99.63%

Quantity: 750Kilograms

Quality: 24 Carat

Price: $32,000 per Kg

Discount: Negotiable

Country of Origin: Ghana

I wait your response soon.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Samuel Kojo.

Local Gold Miners.

Phone: +234-809-912-7823

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