419 scam: Francois Krotoff <gondomelagermain@gmail.com> Gold Business

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: Francois Krotoff <gondomelagermain@gmail.com>
Reply-To: francoiskrotoff21@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:04:51 +0100
Subject: Gold Business

Dear Sir

Thank you for accepting my invitation to connect,I am a business man from
Ivory Coast Africa,I am directly connected to local miners in my community
and they are looking for buyers/investors Gold Bar. I can send you all
their details and they are ready to work with each terms and conditions,
They have been mining for 3 years but no improvement.They sell their
products to white business owners in the
country for small cash because all the have to tell them is that itâ€™s very
expensive to export and their are not enough buyers , These are
the complaints made to me by them , they currently have 500 kg gold bars
available with the following characteristics:

Commodity:Refined Gold Bars (AU)
Physical Form:Dore Bar
Purity & Fineness: 97.65 % or better (23+ carats or better)
Origin:Cote dâ€™Ivoire, Africa
Destination: Buyer Destination
Quantity: 500 kgs
Price: Lmba price discount 20 %
Intermediate commission: 5% per kilogram

They agree to be paid after the second test and if the tests are successful
at the buyer's final refinery. If you are interested,then
please give me your email address so that they can send you an offer

Cordially
M. Francois Krotoff

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