419 scam: AYEW SMITH <mr.ayewsmith60@yahoo.com> Gold Refinery.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: AYEW SMITH <mr.ayewsmith60@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <mr.ayewsmith93@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 01:53:47 +0700
Subject: Gold Refinery.

Dear

I am Mr. Ayew Smith the son of late Nana Mensah Kofi Smith, My Late Father is the Nana in our Village
Tarkwa in Western Region Ghana and he pass away 2 years ago, now i am the new Nana, Right now we
have a mining company were we get AU GOLD DUST.

I am looking for a buyer all over the world, i will tell you more details about myself and my Kingdom, I just
want an honest buyer or investor. We can ship the gold to any part of Asia country and we can also ship
the gold to the buyer refinery to any buyer Choice of Refinery.

We can also ship through PMMC Ghana. Right now we have 85kgs, we sale in the Amount of US$28,000
for per kilo. i am wait your urgent reply.

We also have an agent that can ship gold to Holland Germany and U.S.A.

Thanks.
Mr. Ayew Smith

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