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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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• 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.
  • fwest@personal.ro

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Gold=20Offer?= <gold.offer@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: franklin_consultant@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:56:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT GOLD BUYER WANTED


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:gold.offer@yahoo.com.co



- Dear Sir /Madam How are you today? I am Mr. Franklin West 35years old. A citizen of Ghana, West Africa, and Our community has 550kgs of gold dust for sales. We are local miners from Ghana and BURKNA FASO. I am here in looking for a serious buyer of the gold dust, which we have in Stock Now. We can also welcome you as a middleman between us and any buyer incase you have other companies or individual who are interested in (AU) Gold. And we have Gold Mining Land about 650 acres and looking for prospective partner for the mining activities. We do this at a negotiable commission. Our group also guarantees all necessary international procedures as required in the business, note that as the market changes therefore the group maintains the validity of the offer. Bellow is the offers: Commodity: Gold dust (AU) Origin: GHANA AND BURKNA FASO Quantity: 550KGS Quality: 22 carat + Purity: 93 % Price: $14.500 per each kg. For further information please kindly contact below contacts: fwest@personal.ro , +233209274280 . Regards. Mr. Franklin West ,Egregio Signore / Signora How are you today? Sono il signor Franklin West 35 anni di età. Un cittadino del Ghana, Africa occidentale, e la nostra comunità ha 550kgs di polvere d'oro per le vendite. Ci sono minatori locali del Ghana e BURKNA Faso. Sono qui in cerca di un gravi acquirente della polvere d'oro, che abbiamo in magazzino. Siamo inoltre in grado di accogliervi come un intermediario tra noi e qualsiasi acquirente in caso avete altre aziende o singoli che sono interessati a (UA) Oro. E abbiamo Gold Mining Terreno circa 650 ettari e la ricerca di potenziali partner per le attività minerarie. Facciamo questo in un negoziabili commissione. Il nostro gruppo ha anche tutte le garanzie necessarie procedure internazionali, come previsto nel business, che, come nota i cambiamenti di mercato, pertanto il gruppo mantiene la validità dell 'offerta. Qui è la offre: Commodity: la polvere d'oro (AU) Origine: Ghana e BURKNA FASO Quantità: 550KGS Qualità: + 22 carati Purezza: 93% Prezzo: $ 14,500 per ogni kg. Per ulteriori informazioni, Vi preghiamo gentilmente di contatto al di sotto dei contatti: fwest@personal.ro, 233209274280. Saluti. Mr. West Franklin

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