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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: "Kwame Okoh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kwameokoh@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 19:41:43 +0100
Subject: Gold Business

Dear sir/madam:

We are global business consultant and business services located in Accra Ghana-west Africa. We provide project and marketing consulting services.

We also offer business consulting services for international companies seeking to invest in Ghana. They come to us because we care about what's important to them: flexibility, cost-saving options, customer service, data quality, security, competitive pricing, accuracy, meeting deadlines, quick turnaround times, and the all-important intangible of going the extra mile.

The local miners need to sell their gold with specification below to purchase some mining equipments:

Product:
Au metal (gold)
Origin: Ghana
Type: alluvial
Carat: 22
Purity: 92 %
Quantity; 50kg
Our Gold Price is $32,500 per kilo.

The price is not only competitive but extremely moderate and the best in the market.

If you notice or study the LBMA / LME has gone up, it made a huge increase in the past few days. Gold price for Wednesday, August 03, 2011 is currently worth $1,668 per ounce and there is 35 ounces in a kilogram so a kilogram of gold is worth $58,380.

Shipment of gold will be made through a license shipping agent. All shipments must be accompanied by proper export documentation, including certificate of origin, ownership certificate, airway bill and previous assay report.

Should you have the opportunity of providing mining equipment for them? I believe you can get them to do a long term supply contract with you.

In case you are not in the position to buy, you can still stand as a middle person and have your commission after linked them with buyers within your location.

I wait for your urgent action on this gold business.

Yours truly,

Mr. Kwame okoh

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