419 scam: "Mr. Frank B. Kodjo"<tita_joao@vodafone.pt> GOLD 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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.
- sikasakaminesltd@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Frank B. Kodjo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sikasakaminesltd@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:16:26 +0100
Subject: GOLD OFFER

Sika Kasa Mines Company Ltd

P.O.Box 15054 Accra - North

attn:

Dear Sir/Madam,

This email is in line with us on the sale of our 340KG gold to you which we have in our vaults now, below is the Description,

Product   - Alluvial Gold Dust and Gold Bars

Quantity - 340 KG

Quality    - 22 carats

Purity      - 93 %

Origin     - West Africa (Ghana)

Meanwhile, we would be much grateful if you could come down to Ghana for us to have a round table meeting and discuss so that we can have a mutual agreement on how we could trade and do business in the future since we are also looking for investors and major buyers for our commodity.

We would also like to take you round our mining pits and this will enable you make your own visibility studies on investing in our country. Then we can continue our transaction for a productive result.

In your response you could state your points out to us for us to know your readiness to transact with us.

We would await your response.

Reply me back at: sikasakaminesltd@gmail.com

Thanks

Regards

Mr. Frank B. Kodjo

(Marketing Manager)

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