419 scam: "Hon.Nii Osah Mills"<info@info.com> AU METAL GOLD.

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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: "Hon.Nii Osah Mills" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hon.niiosahmills@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 22:34:41 +0200
Subject: AU METAL GOLD.

My name is Hon: Nii Osah Mills, I am the minister of Lands & Natural Resources.
On December 7th I was elected president of West Africa Miners Association {WAMA}
with our offices located in Guinea, sierra Leon, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali.

Our mines are into exploration of solid minerals and precious AU metals.
Our Association is interested to enter into sales contract with a refinery owner/buyer for
long term contract consideration of 500kg of AU Gold monthly.
Here is the specification of available Gold ready for exports to buyers
Destination/ refinery on FOB, C&F contract.
1... Item: Gold Dust/Dore Bars
2... Quality: 22+ Carats/24Carats
3...Availability: 300 - 500 KG
4....Purity: 94.9%
5.... Price 28, 000. 00 {USD}
6....Gold Origin./West Africa.
Because of the internet fraud we are not ready to deal with any mandate. But with only direct buyer.

Best Regards
Hon: Nii Osah Mills
Eng Smith Togbe
president West Africa Miners
Association{WAMA}
Lands & Natural Resources: Nii Osah Mills

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