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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.
  • gold.matters1001@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gold Matters Inc" <gold.matters.london@googlemail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: gold.matters1001@rocketmail.com
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:49:52 +0100
Subject: COMMODITY (Gold & Diamond) TRADE


We are a trading company located in London, United Kingdom. We work in several areas where we are direct representatives to manufacturers, miners, merchants. Our workspaces are the following ones:

Main Items: Mining, Gold Bullion, Gold Bars, Gold Dust, Diamonds and Platinum. Apart from the fact that we principal sellers, we also mediate between end buyers and sellers. We have Gold Bullion up to 5000MT for sale in HONG KONG, DUBAI, UNITED KINGDOM and in SWITZERLAND. We also undertake CIF to buyers designated Banks. We have POLISHED and ROUGH Diamond Manifests and we undertake CIF to buyer's designated BRINKS facility.

We are also licensed SOLID MINERAL SUPPLIERS. Dealers in PETROLEUM DERIAVATIVES (BLCO, D2, JP54)
We are hereby using this opportunity to acquaint ourselves with you or your firm, as we presently have quite a large quantity of commodities available in Gold, Diamond and Petroleum Derivatives. We are also licensed to mine and supply MINERALS: Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Sapphire, Emerald, Quartz, Amethyst Garnet Topaz amongst others.

Soft Offer for GOLD DUST PURCHASE

• COMMODITY - Alluvial Gold Dust.
• PURITY - 92%, 22 Carats, plus.
• ASSAY - Final assay to be made at and by Buyer´s refinery.
• PRICE - Negotiable, to apply for each kilo of pure gold returned by the refinery, always via CIF terms.
• QUANTITY - 250Kg as trial shipment, seller´s choice, followed by 500 - 1000 kg monthly or better, depending on buyer ability to buy.
• DELIVERY - CIF Buyer´s destination. Seller or his representative may accompany the goods, until payment in full via BWT.
• PAYMENT - Within 1 to 3 working days, via BWT to the seller´s bank account, upon issuance of satisfactory assay report from refinery.
• SELLER´S OBLIGATIONS - Export taxes, freight cost, documentation and all expenses during exportation to the buyer´s destination.
• BUYER´S OBLIGATIONS - All duties taxes, customs clearance, VAT taxes, taxes in airport of destination and security transport from the airport to the refinery, is in account of the buyer.

Please contact us today for a soft offer or manifest for these products we have available right now.

Please contact me on email:
Andrew Ephraim
Gold Matters Incorporated.
Email: gold.matters1001@rocketmail.com

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