419 scam: john <pusdarling@dephut.go.id> cocoa beans/gold dust ready for sell

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: john <pusdarling@dephut.go.id>
Reply-To: john <johnumeh24@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 20:17:46 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: cocoa beans/gold dust ready for sell

Dear Friend

Our company deals with the Exportation of high quality COCOA BEANS in
Ghana. The company was founded in 2002 and began with the selling of
Agricultural products such as PALM KERNEL, PALM KERNEL SHELL and COCOA
BEANS in limited quantities to a small circle of customers. The
company is well known and popular for its products quality and the
demand for our cocoa and other products became increased. Today our
production capacity has increased and our vision is to Export to
interested buyers in America, United Kingdom, West Germany and the
Arabs etc.

We therefore present to you with full legal authority the following
product with specification below for sale:

PRODUCT NAME: HYBRID GD 1(SUN DRIED) COCOA BEANS
ORIGIN: GHANA
Quantity: 7500 TONS AVAILABLE
QTY PER MONTH: 500 â€“ 10,000 TONS
PRICE: $2,800 PER TON
PACKAGING: JUTE SACKS
PAYMENT: NEGOTIABLE

BUYER IS REQUESTED TO COME AND MEET US IN GHANA FOR THE INSPECTION AND SAMPLING OF THE BEANS.

also we have 45 kilos of gold dust ready for sell. Our price is US 31,000 per 1 kilo,
based on best quality gold.carat is 22, while the pureness of it is 92.6% purity.

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact our office
for more information, and at the same time we hope to set up a
long-term business relationship with you and your esteemed company.

Regards,
John

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