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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Nana Acheampong" <nanaacheampong@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:56:10 -0800
Subject: GOLD DUST

Dear Sir,
GOLD DUST FOR SALE
We are a group of 6 having a small scale mining company in Ghana, but to
raise or facilitate financial capital for the running of the business is
very hard.
At present, we are having about 400 kilograms of golddust,kept in a Strong
room at our mining site.
However, we are not requesting or asking the interested or potential buyer
to pay for the gold dust in advance, but if a buyer can come down to Ghana,
in order to view the goods, arrange for the necessary documents, and agree
to ship the gold dust to his or her country, then we would Send a
representative along with the gold dust.
The buyer would then take the gold dust to his or her refinery.During this
period, the buyer would be responsible for the hotel accommodation and
feeding expenses of the representative, and it must not exceed 7 banking
days.
After verification from the refinery, the total amount of the gold dust
would be paid to the company's account.
In the alternative, if the buyer or your contacts can not come down to
Ghana, we can make an arrangement for the movement of the gold dust to any
of these countries,
AMERICA, EUROPE or ASIA, where the interested buyer shall meet us for
transaction.
The price is $8,000 per kilogram of gold dust,excluding the shipment
Charges.
The smallest amount of gold dust that can be sold in Ghana is 50 Kilograms,
while the smallest amount of gold dust that can be shipped to any of the
mentioned countries is in
the range of 150 kilograms.
The purity of the gold dust is 91% Au. In most, 999.9% would be 900grams in
each kilogram. It is 22 carat after refining. The sales commission or
interest to be paid to you, if you get a buyer is 11.5% of the Gross Sales.
Terms and procedure would be sent to you if you are interested.
NO UPFRONT OR INITIAL PAYMENT REQUIRED.
Any interested person can reach me through my private email address
nana_acheampong@myway.com and should include his private telephone and fax
numbers for easy communication.
My regards,
Nana Acheampong
Email: nana_acheampong@myway.com

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