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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "clearance document" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
• 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.
  • infoheritagegold@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mrjohnmensahoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john mensah <mrjohnmensah111@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 12:12:05 +0000
Subject: Gold Dust Available



Dear Sir,

I am John Mensah of Heritage Export and Import Company(Gold Field) ltd Ghana.The management of Heritage Export and Import Company Ghana wish to contact you as a result of the under mentioned resources. The company is on their effort to meet up with the 2010 vision and scrutinize the indigenous miners to pave way for international investors.The Executives of this company has therefore mapped out for a three-phase project, quantities of both alluvial gold nuggets and gold dust for immediate auction sales to purchase certain mining equipment to face-lift the small-scale industry.The project has taken off and we are looking for buyers internationally for the following Hallmark. Quantity:

350Kg – Alluvial Gold nuggets. Purity: 97.82% - 23 Karats, Price: USD12,500.00 Per Kilo give away/auction price for the project as world market sell per kilo is $25,000 usd: Method of Payment: Cash - After assay or otherwise negotiable.We hereby send you full corporate offer (FCO) with legal responsibility, under penalty of perjury, sales and purchase of our product, A.U Metal Gold under the following terms and condition.It is imperative that you should come down to Ghana or delegate your representative to visit the spot for assessment of the quality of the product in question as we are making arrangement to move the Gold via Diplomatic agency in London.This is to enable us get in touch with our customer that will have problem in coming down to Ghana as well as quick sales.

Buyer visits the location of the gold in Ghana ,inspects and make payment for his/her shipment to his destination of choice for final refinery or will be responsible for the cost of clearing the goods on the arrival to his destination as we will take care of the export clearance documents here in Ghana.We can as well make shipment in your absence once we agreed on some terms of delivery via our London Logistic Carriage.We will equally appreciate if we can expand our market through you by linking us to more buyers. You will be rewarded with a negotiable 10% of the total amount after sales. For further information or negotiation, contact me using this email address below:

Yours faithfully,
Mr.John Mensah
Tel:+233 27 208 8265
Private Email: infoheritagegold@walla.com,mrjohnmensahoffice@gmail.com

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