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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • goldrushinvestmentltd@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GOLD RUSH INVESTMENT LTD" <goldrushinvestment@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:41:27 +0100
Subject: FROM; GOLD RUSH INVESTMENT LTD, LONDON.

FROM; GOLD RUSH INVESTMENT LTD, LONDON.
EMAIL;goldrushinvestmentltd@yahoo.com


Dear Sir,

We have gotten your name and address through the internet as gold brokers
and we are therefore contacting with the intention of entering into an
everlasting partnership in both gold dust and non hallmark bars. We have
supplying offices branches all round the globe.


In introducing ourselves more, we are gold consulting firm to well/mines
owners who hand over their gold and diamond to us for sales as they have no
direct link with international gold buyers. We supply the below gold dust;

A .Quantity: 500kg alluvial gold dustmonthly with rolls and ext.
B .Quality:996.95/92.6% Fineness or Better.
C. Shipping Quantity; We ship 500kg monthly to any interested partner in his
appointed refinery.
D.Price:US$6,500.00/Kg for dust and US$7,500.00 for non hallmark.
E.Payment:By T/T after final Assay Report and sales by our partner.
We will offer you 5% commission in case you are not a buyer and connecting
us to buyers.
We are waiting for your reply.
Best regards,
Mr. Trevor Chambers


NOTED: Reply using this my private mail box
(goldrushinvestmentltd@yahoo.com) for clearity and to reach me directly as
the owner of this company.

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