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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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Fraud email example:

From: "FOSU" <kennethfosu@att.net>
Reply-To: <kennethfosu@myself.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:22:18 +0100
Subject: We Are Gold Dust Sellers

Hello,

We are micro miner in Republic of Ghana. Our office is situated at Accra the capital city of Republic of Ghana; we are into Gold-Dust business and we have the capacity to produce between 150kg to 275kg of alluvial gold-dust monthly. We also buy from other micro miners around us. We have about 550kg that is ready for sale now.

However, below are our current offer and product description for your perusal.
Product Name: Alluvial Gold-Dust
Quantity: 550kilograms
Quality: 22+ carats
Price: U$41,500 per kilogram
Purity: 96.7%.
Fineness: 99.99%.
Origin: Republic of Ghana.

OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(A) Buyers are advised to visit in person our office in Accra-Ghana for proper inspection and evaluation of the product also to carry-out some laboratory test of the product in order to know the Weight, Purity, Quality and Carat of the product.
(B) Buyers are allowed to witness the shipment of their product before final delivery to their destination.
(C) It is pertinent to let the buyer know that 10% down payment must be paid into our company’s account before shipment of the product to his/her destination hence this will be used for the delivery/pre-shipment cost and procurement of all the necessary documents that will help in the delivery of the product to his/her desired destination while balance will be made by him/her on the arrival of the product to his/her destination.
(D) One of our company’s staff will accompany the buyer with the product to the buyer’s choice of refinery/destination for the final assay/smelting of the product.
(E) We also give room for negotiation to our buyers as long as it will not affect the ethics of our company.

Documents to be attached to the product before airlifting the product are as follows:
(1). Certificate of origin
(2). Certificate of ownership
(3). Geological survey department lab test
(4). Geological survey export permit
(5). Bank of Ghana form A2
(6). Commercial invoice
(7). EU1 Certificate
(8). Insurance Certificate
(9). Airway bill

We believe that the above procedure will meet your condition of purchase. However, we are ready, capable and willing to consign to you the above product every month after successfully exporting the said above quantity.

Therefore, if you are interested in the above offer and our conditions, do not hesitate to contact me for further information. We look forward to hear from you as soon as possible.

Yours Sincerely.
Mr. Kenneth Fosu
Seller/Director.

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