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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "my shipper" (Beware of any scheme that involves you paying the shipping agent of a buyer or customer from a check or credit card payment made to you, because in such cases it's virtually guaranteed that the check or card payment will eventually bounce. If you have already sent money to the 'shipping agent' (i.e. the 'buyer' using a different email address) at that point then you will end up out of pocket. It's a way for the scammers to turn stolen credit card data or fake checks into cash without being traced. )
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- mensahlabibah@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "edward@intercable.net" <edward@intercable.net>
Reply-To: mensahlabibah@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:27:07 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Gold

PRECIOUS MINERALS MARKETING COMPANY
76, KWAME NKRUMAH, CIRCLE,
ACCRA-GHANA.
EMAIL: mensahlabibah@yahoo.com

Attn: sir/madam

We are large scale miners located at Tarkwa and prestia in Western Region of Ghana West Africa.
We are incorporated under the Companies Code 1963, Act 179 with RC No: 63, 7787
(Registrar Companies, In Ghana) We are duly registered with the Minerals Commission
As well as the Precious Minerals Marketing Company Limited, noon as Government body (PMMC).
We have export permit issued by PMMC and certificate of non –criminal Origin issued by the
High Court, of Ghana. We sell gold dust mine from our concessions we currently seek outside- gold buyer
And serious Investors stand as a partnership basis in order to increase our production capacity.
We offer for sale 450 kilogram’s gold dust characterized as follows: Commodity:
Gold Form: is Alluvial Dust Quality: 22.7 Carat (94% Purity ) Price: 19,000.00$US per kilogram
Origin Ghana Deleterious Element: 0% Cyanide Proof with confirmed Geological survey Assaying report
Draft Contract to guide you on our terms and conditions. Price Would Be 15% discount Price under
L.M.E fix price on the day, IF the buyers said the shipment will be done Through PMMC .the full payment
Of the gold will be made to bank of Ghana pmmc account in orders of my shipper company name.
Then payment slip will be given to me for confirmation, and pmmc will call my company for urgent
Supplying of the said quantity of gold for smelting and shipment.
The buyer required to come down to the seller’s destination for a face to face meeting with seller
And also for the purpose of inspecting and conducting a preliminary assay on the total stock as stated
Above to ascertain the genuine of the transaction. The shipment will be carried out by a freight and forwarding
Agent based at the Aviance Export Village at Kotoka International Airport, Accra.
If the transaction is Done outside PMMC A good faith down payment of 10%
Which shall be use among all other things including the following: Documentation, Government
Taxes, Freight and Handling charges as well as insurance shall be made by the buyer in defraying the above.
Thus the remaining 90% shall be made payable into the seller’s nominated account after the final assay at
the buyer’s destination, that is mines offer direct to the buyer , We Supply IN Dust Form TO P.M.M.C
and the Assaying and Shipment IS Also Made Through P.M.M.C. But ,Every Gold Must BE Smelted
before Shipment Takes Place .An irrevocable letter of intent shall be Required from the buyer after
a notification of acceptance offer.We need mining equipment, Customer should confirm ready willing and able to buy.
We shall consider it a privilege entering into a long a lasting business relationship.
Thank for your kind co-operation.

Yours Faithfully,
Labibah Mensah
MARKETING MANAGER.

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