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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: "Mr.Boateng Ayu" <mr.boatengayu@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: "Mr.Boateng Ayu" <boateng77@blumail.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:31:37 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Our company offer


Dear Sir/Madam,

Having gone through your profile i wish to notify you that we are a potential dealer of Au-metal and scrap such as Used Rail tracks, HMS1&2, Copper scrap, Battery Scrap and Copper Cathodes, and above all, we have available Alluvial Gold Dust (AU) ready for sell to a serious buyer. We have contacted you to know if you are able to buy from us or you have a serious buyer who is ready to pay us a visit and buy from us.

We are dully registered with the government of Ghana with Regional office in Accra and we have the requisite authorization export license to export general metal and gold product to oversee. Our vision is to create a single channel for satisfying diverse and high class needs of our valued partners. We are highly flexible in responding to dynamic needs of our customers. We have a set of truly devoted professionals who focus on their areas of specialties to produce highest value products. We believe in partnership not only with our customers but also with our employees who have proved to be a key in maintaining the highest level of excellence in Our outputs. Interested buyers are required to come down to Ghana to inspect the gold product and sign a contract agreement with us thereafter, the shipping arrangement will be made and there is no upfront payment required.

We the principal sellers are pleased to make this offer of AU Gold Dust Gold Alluvial /Gold Bullion Under the penalty of perjury and with full corporate and legal responsibility to the following terms and conditions.

SPECIFICATION:

1. Product: AU- Alluvial Gold
2. Origin: Ghana -West Africa
3. Type: AU Gold Dust Gold; Alluvial Gold Bullion
4. Purity: 92-98%
5. Quantity: 350 KG above
a) Commodity: Gold Dust” Gold Bullion
b) Position: 22+ Karats
c) Fineness: 99% +
d) Origin: Ghana
e) Capable supply Quantity: 300kgs monthly

DOCUMENT
Certificate of Origin
Certificate of Ownership
Commercial Invoice

Declaration Certificate of Non Criminal Origin Shippers Instruction for airway bill showing flight detail. Departure and Arrival date and time of the gold.

PROCEDURES:
Seller issues a FCO with the company Full address.
Buyer signed and returns to seller.

NOTE THAT,THERE IS A LOT OF SCAM IN AFRICA,THIS IS WHY WE NEED YOUR PRESENCE HERE SO THAT ALL LEGAL PROCESSES MUST BE OBSERVED BY BOTH PARTIES. Our terms and Conditions is very simple and clear.

Kindly govern accordingly while waiting for your positive response through my private email address as follows: (boateng77@blumail.org)

Mr.Boateng Ayu
Sales Manager

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