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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:

Fraud email example:

From: gracesmith grace <gracethsmith@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 05:45:31 -0700
Subject: Re: Gold Dust/ Bar HMS 1&2 Available For Sell.

* Dear Friend,
We are one of the top scrap and Gold dealers here in Ghana West Africa, we
have HMS 1&2 scraps over 800,000mts, would appreciate your business
relationship .

ABOUT OUR GOLD.

We work directly with the two great villages that have Gold in their
position and we are mandate to help them market their Gold and look for a
serious company or private buyers who will come and sign long term contract
with our Village heads to enable us handle the proposal?.

The both Villages have growing mineral resources and are free to mine their
lands We have ability to supply any buyer for 2 to 5 years Contract at
150Kg per week.

Product Type----------Gold Dust /Gold Bars
Product Available -----250 Kg
Carat of Product-------22 Plus
Purity of Product------92.6%
Shipment Option-------FOB Ghana

We request that all buyer should visit us here in Ghana to Inspect the
product ,have assay done on them, then sign a contract with the local
miners for weekly / Monthly supply of Gold Dust / Bars.

We will request that you send to us your letter of intent to enable us send
you our FCO for more details of our procedures.

You can send your email to my private email address:
info_jajameskwame@yahoo.in

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank You,
Grace Smith.













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