| 
 
 | 
joewein.de LLC 
fighting spam and scams on the Internet 
 | 
 | 
"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.
Click here to report a problem with this page.
 
 
Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
 -  This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams. 
 
Fraud email example:
From: Kate Redcliff <kredcliff@gmail.com> 
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:54:11 +0100 
Subject: DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ANY ONE WILLING TO BUY GOLD MINING CONCESSION 
 OR DO JOINT VENTURE??? 
 
Dear Sir, 
 
How are you and the family doing over there at your current location? 
 
 I will like to know if you have access to anybody who want to invest 
on Gold Mining in Africa to be able to avoid all these crooked Sellers 
on that continent?? 
 
I  have now a very good proposal for you and if you can work towards 
this with your colleague or Buyers or Partners am sure we  can make a 
real lot of money with my friend and partner in Gold Business in 
Ghana. 
 
One of my very good Partner  in Ghana want to sell one of his Mining 
concessions  at a very cheap price and he also need some Investors who 
might bring Mining Equipment down to Ghana to Mine with him getting 
the Gold out of Ghana through legal means at  very cheap price more 
than trying to buy from Sellers and falling a victim of Scams all over 
Africa?? 
 
This is very possible  if the Buyer  can do joint Venture with him  on 
his Mining sites he has now in Ghana aside the one he is putting up 
for sale. 
 
He want the Buyer or Investors to  by bring down Modern Mining 
Equipment to work on the Mining Sites and sharing the output with him 
on a mutually agreed Qty on weekly or Monthly basis. 
 
The Buyer can also be there watching the Gold Mined in Ghana or get 
his own Personnel to work for him on the Sites after the signing of 
the JV Agreements and exporting it to his or Refinery all by himself 
with the assistance of the Ghana Government. 
 
 
Let me know if you have any Buyer or Investors willing to invest in 
Gold Mining in Africa , believe me you can make a long term Money 
together on Returns on Investments from the investments after we sign 
the contract of Joint Venture with such a Buyer to visit Ghana to buy 
the Mining concession or do a Joint Venture with the one my Partner 
presently have  available for Joint Venture business right now in that 
country. 
 
I have all the legal Document on these Concessions now in Ghana which 
the Buyer  or Investor can verify at the Ghana Embassy in his country 
first before flying down to meet this my partner  for a table top 
meeting in Ghana. 
 
Kindly help to speak to your good contacts who might be interested at 
this lucrative offer and let me know 
 
Best Regards. 
 
 
Kate Redcliff 
 
 | 
Anti-fraud resources: