419 scam: "Kwaglo Gold"<ghanamining@att.net> URGENT

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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: "Kwaglo Gold" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kwaglogold@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 19:31:13 +0200
Subject: URGENT

Greetings,

I am sorry to contact you through this medium without your consent or prior notice. I am Dr Lookers marketing manager of Kwaglo Gold Company, i am here to negotiate with you in selling of gold.

Our procedure is PRE-FINANCE and we have track records to show to our prospective customers. Our company has its own export license from the government of Ghana to be able to ship gold bar from Ghana to any refinery in the world and these has been our practice for so many years
.
However, building trust takes a long time but what we do is, we do ask our prospective customers to sign an M.O.U for proper understanding between buyer and seller and this document is going to be the basis for subsequent transaction.

We are going to run a trial shipment of 1-2 kilograms of gold bar for 2% less LME Price. and the more the quantity purchase by the buyer, the higher the discount from the seller. If the buyer is buying above 50 kg, we can go as higher as 8% and above.

Finally, once we have conducted a trial shipment and satisfied by your refinery and payment is made immediately, then the buyer cannot repatriate fund into our company account for proper gold transaction and we assure you we will deliver the gold to your refinery in less than 7- working days.

Regards,
Dr.M Lookers
Sales/Marketing Manager
Kwaglo Ghana Ltd

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