From: "Abdel Farouk Hassan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abdelfaroukhassan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:49:06 +0100
Subject: Gold for sale

Hello friend,

My name is Abdel Farouk Hassan. I am the Assistant Commissioner Import and Export Ghana custom excise and preventative service, Kotoka Int’l airport, Accra Division. I am searching for gold dealer or someone with connection to any person that can buy or help me sell 185 kilograms of gold Dore bars. The buyer will have a good discount below market price and the buyer broker/mandate will be given a good percentage commission.

However, I would like to inform you that the gold was detected during the outward routine check on passengers luggage’s on South Africa Airline flight to United States. Four boxes belonging to one Israel Jones (45) were found to contain 185 kilograms of gold Dore bars without the necessary export documentations / origin and ownership certificate of the gold. Fellow below link to see previous seizure we made that was delivered to the Ghanaian government.https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gold-worth-18m-seized-at-kia/ without anything to show for it. I decided to cover up the case at the investigation stage because I reached a plea bargain with the smuggler to let him off the hook but the said gold will be confiscated outrightly.

Consequently, I decided to divert the gold to my use, because even if I declare it to my superiors in the office, they will still divert it. I have since deposited the gold with a private vault. Hence, I am looking for a buyer or broker to sell for me. I will be very glad if you can indicate your interest to help us sell the gold in your country. As I said above, the past administration of President John Mahama does not use the generated revenue for the betterment of the citizens and there are massive corruption in every sector of the economy, and our salary has not been paid for the past five months but his regime has been exporting gold, cocoa and crude oil etc to foreign countries on daily basis and yet the poverty level among Ghanaian citizens is above the United Nations benchmark. Worst of it all, we cannot afford to pay our children school fees because our salary is not paid. This singular reason informed my decision to help ourselves with the proceeds that will emanate

I look forward to working with you.

Regards,
Abdel Farouk Hassan