419 scam: Gold Bar & Rough Uncut Diamonds Offer <edemkodjo99@yahoo.ca> Gold Dust/Bar & Uncut Rough Diamond Offer

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- morgan.thomas53@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Gold Bar & Rough Uncut Diamonds Offer <edemkodjo99@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: Gold Bar & Rough Uncut Diamonds Offer <morgan.thomas53@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 01:44:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Gold Dust/Bar & Uncut Rough Diamond Offer

Dear ,
We have gotten your name and address as gold buyer and we are therefore contacting you with the intention of entering into an everlasting partnership in both gold dust and hallmark bars also and Uncut rough diamond .We have 200 kg X 22 karat gold dust/bar and Uncut rough diamond 2,200 Cts of none bankable condition for sale to any interested buyer. The gold & diamond is located in ACCRA, the Capital of Ghana, in the Government warehouse at the airport.We sell at a given away price Interested buyer or middle men can contact us for more explanation and the full details regarding this offer,any one who also find us a buyer will have his percentage protected, buyer must come in person to inspect and examine the raw gold dust/bar & diamond before payment and shipment . Before reply we only want to make sure that you really want to buy not just sending emails without any results.Confirm your interest. Let me have your secured number/mobile number and e-mail
contact in your reply to open up verbal communication with you. My is +233232822641 or mail : morgan.thomas53@yahoo.com for more detail .
Thanks and best Regards,
Morgan Thomas

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