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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:

Fraud email example:

From: hakwred shipping <hakwredshipcom@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:49:03 +0100
Subject: gold offer

Attn,
We are sika kasa mining company sellers of precious minerals,
gold, diamond, we
have gold concession for mining and also have Gold
dust for sale.
We are looking for a reliable partner/ buyers that
will buyour gold in our possession and
also enter a long term business relationship
agreement With us.

FIND BELOW ADVERTISEMENT OF THEIR MACHANDISE;

We are small scale mining company in the Ashanti
Western Region of Ghana. With office in Accra , We
have a capacity to produce between 350-500kgs of
Alluvial Gold dust every month and we also buy from
others small scale miners around.

DESCRIPTION OF GOLD DUST

PRODUCT ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST
QUANTITY BASE ON DEMAND TIME
QUALITY 22.05 CARATS
PRICE US$19,500 PER KG NEGOTIABLE
ORIGIN GHANA WEST AFRICA
PURITY 97%

INTERESTED BUYER SHOULD
CONTACT WITH EMAIL ADDRESS TO ENABLE US OPEN
reply to sikakasa12@yahoo.com
+233 265549438

Yours truly,
owusu tetteh

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