419 scam: "Joseph Bamba"<bambajosep@hotmail.com> GOLD DUST OFFER FROM END SELLER

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Joseph Bamba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bambajoseph@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:50:56 +0100
Subject: GOLD DUST OFFER FROM END SELLER

Hello,

We are small scale gold mining company in the Ashanti and western Region of Ghana. We have an office in Accra, We have a capacity to produce between 10-15kgs of Alluvial Gold dust every month and we also buy from others small scale miners around.

We have now 45kgs ready for sale. we are seriously looking for reliable person or group of persons, company that will be interested in our gold an also give us a helping hand in terms of mining equipment to enable us improve in our capacity of production, with good mining equipment, so that we can produce up to 45-50KG every month as we have very rich land of gold for mine.

We will being selling the gold good at a very price to any body that can help us get mining equipment, and we will pay the equipment cost with gold in equivalent cost,

DESCRIPTION OF OUR PRODUCT:

ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST.

QUANTITY : 45 KILOGRAMS.
QUALITY : 22. + CARATS
PURITY : 93%.
PRICE : US$30,500 PER KILO.
ORIGIN : GHANA WEST AFRICA
FINENESS : 99.99%.

Hope to read from you soon.

Regard,
Joseph Bamba
Sales Man

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