419 scam: "Harrison K. Frepong"<puregoldbars@yahoo.com> RE GOLD BUSINESS

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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:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- harrisongold174@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Harrison K. Frepong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cleangoldbars@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:00:47 +0100
Subject: RE GOLD BUSINESS

How are you?

I am Harrison K. Frepong, from Ghana, I got your contact and I decided to contact you for a business that will benefit us.

This is clean business of 225kgs of gold, with this amount of gold we have more than 7, 000, 000, 00 (Seven million us dollars) 30% of whatever sales will be your share.

I have 225kgs of Gold, this Gold bars was kept in a shipping company which was supposed to be exported to my late father partner in Dubai but since the dead of my late father, I have tried many times to contact him but cannot reach him.

I want the shipping company to deliver the 225kgs of gold to you in your country and after you receive it I will come over for us to sale the gold or yourself can also do the sales and pay me after deducting your 30% share.

The shipping company can also ship the gold little by little and make delivery direct to your doorstep.

Please if you are willing to receive this gold kindly send me all your
details so I can forward to the shipping company for new export process in your name and address.

Thanks
Harrison K. Frepong
Reply to: harrisongold174@gmail.com

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