419 scam: "GOLD MINERS"<data@keyin.cn> WE HAVE 100 KG OF GOLD DUST FOR SALE

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "GOLD MINERS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <augoldsupply@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:29:05 -0500
Subject: WE HAVE 100 KG OF GOLD DUST FOR SALE

Dear Buyer,

We Have 100kg Of Gold Dust for sale. Below Is The Contacts Of My Family, We Are From

Ancient Kingdom Of Ashanti Region Kumasi,Ghana,our family Chief name

Is Chief Nana Num Ofori 111,

QUANTITY: 100 kg

ORIGIN : Ghana (Ashanti Region Kumasi)

QUALITY: 22+ carats

PURITY: 92 %

PRICE: $36,500 per kilo Packaging: in metal boxes. (Negotiable)

NOTE:Interested buyer is free to arrange and come down to Ghana or may wish not to come, a random sample can be taken for test at the government geological survey department, having been satisfy with the assay report, buyer / seller will then sign (sales and purchase contract / agreement). I shall be grateful to furnish you with any further information that you may require after hearing from you and shall consider it a privilege doing business with you to foster a cordial and long-lasting relationship between both parties.

Thanks and Best regards.

Mr Okai.

Miners Rep.

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