419 scam: "Chief George.Agbesi" <georgeagbesigoldmines@gmail.com> GOLD DUST AND BARS FOR SALES

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "goldminess_company@salesperson.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- georgeagbesigoldmines@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Chief George.Agbesi" <georgeagbesigoldmines@gmail.com>
Reply-To: goldminess_company@salesperson.net
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:28:31 +0600 (ALMT)
Subject: GOLD DUST AND BARS FOR SALES

Dear Sir/Madam ,

I am Chief George Agbesi from Obuasi Region in Ghana West Africa and I
am contacting your firm in respect of our Gold that we want to dispose
and your interest in buying gold, As I write you,i have 450kg of
Alluvial Gold Dust that I want to dispose/sell and as a Royal Chief I am
entitle to 600kg Gold Dust month due to the gold mining in our community
that my family have .

Please indicate your interests in buying our gold or helping us develop
our mines and we work as partners because we donâ€™t want to hand over to
our government because they never care about our drinking water,Schools
and farmer widow, the youth and the less privileged here so we seek
foreign assistance to help buy our Gold or Help us manage our Gold Mines
as we need foreign investor that can handle the Gold Mines .

We do sell at very nice price that will suite your buying because we sell
at the fix price of $22,000 usd per kilo but we give last price is $20,000
usd purity is 96% and 22 carat gold and purity is 99%.

if you are interested please get back with your contact details to proceed.
Email :goldminess_company@salesperson.net
Email :georgeagbesigoldmines@gmail.com

Regards
George.Agbesi
+233241797173

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