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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: kofs Ante <kofsante121@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Kofsante22Asaam@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:31:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Message To You?


CROMPONY COMPANY LIMITED
Dealers In Commodities Import And Export, Miners Representative, Miners In Alluvial Gold And Diamonds
P O Box 11361 Accra North
Ghana West Africa

ATTN:

FULL CORPORATE OFFER
Dear Sir,

We the undersigned acting with full cooperate authority and with full legal responsibility do hereby irrevocably confirm and commit subject to the law of perjury that we are ready, willing and able to sell Raw Alluvial Gold Dust under the condition and procedure set hereunder,

Commodity -Alluvial Gold Dust
Quantity -180kg
Quality -23carats
Origin -Ghana
Price -$12,000 USD
Delivery -By Air Cargo
Payment -30% to 40% down payment either by cash or by swift wire transfer to
Crompony Company Limited Account.

DOCUMENTS TO BE PROVIDED BY SELLER

Certificate of Ownership/Origin
Bank of Ghana formA2
Custom and Excise Document
SGS/Assay report
Invoice.
Air Way Bill

PROCEDURE

Buyers send the letter of intent to seller and come down for a round table meeting with the board members (Directors) and to sign a sales and purchase contract.
Buyer will be mandated to our company to deal on our behalf overseas and shall pre – finance our mining project when deemed necessary.
Seller commences supplies based on the agreement between the two parties.
Seller and the buyer opens a joint account whereby the seller and buyer becomes signatories to the account to enable us purchase more gold at any time from other small miners.

We anticipate cordial business relationship with you.

Best Regards,

Kofsante. (C.E.O.)



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