Phishing scam targeting gold dealers

goldpelican

goldpelican

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Just received a phishing scam email originating from Ghana targeted at Gold Stackers. Quick Google search shows it's been detected elsewhere.

Dear,Sir

I am sorry for using this medium to contact you, My name is xxxxxx xxxxx, I want to inquire from you if Gold business is movable business
in your country.
Sir, My Step Father he is old so he told me to take only 50 kilos Gold from the 250 kilos that belongs for our family so
that I will sale the gold to further my education and take care of my life,
sir I want you to advice me on how to send the 50 kilos of the gold to you by DHL or FEDEX. Sir right now the 50 kilos is with me , your urgent reply is highly needed, I want to use the money of the gold to pay my school fess, my father said that he will not pay my
school fee again because he is not my biological father, my father died when I was 2yrs old. Please, advise me what to do now.
Regards,
xxxxxx xxxxx
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Don't get sucked in guys - these are classic scams, I know an Australian businessman who lost $20k+ in a similar scam in the dive industry, saw dollars before sense.

Ghana seems to be a hotbed of gold related scams.
 
lol 1/20th of a tonne of gold to send to an Australian dealer via Fedex, DHL?

Has he even got enough to pay for insurance to ship it here?

His step father has 1 quarter of a tonne, lol. The Gold Rush Alaska series had a hard time getting a quarter of a kilo.

I don't get the logic of these scams? seriously you must be really dumb to fall for it. I mean are they hoping to spam 10 million people, hoping just 1 person will fall for it? 10 million to 1 chance?

Slam
 
W.Davis had 2 phonecalls in 2 days about a month ago
1st phone call
I have 200kg of gold in greece,how much would you give me for it.Peter hangs up on him
2nd phone call
We have 250 cubic tonnes of gold
Peter hangs up again
CK thought the 250 tonnes could have been from Libya
Anybody want to get caught with the Libyian gold
 
Enquiries of those sizes can be legitimate... 200kg is only $11m - but bugger wiring money to Ghana for it without every single bar having been delivered, XRF'd, SG tested, drilled and assayed!
 
goldpelican said:
Enquiries of those sizes can be legitimate... 200kg is only $11m - but bugger wiring money to Ghana for it without every single bar having been delivered, XRF'd, SG tested, drilled and assayed!
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Only $11M ? You say that like its lunch money. Im poor very poor :rolleyes:
 
renovator said:
Only $11M ? You say that like its lunch money. Im poor very poor :rolleyes:
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Mmmm that reminds me - unicorn wagyu burgers today.

419eater is where I saw one of the other reports of this scam. Funny website, but not always safe for work.
 
goldpelican said:
Just received a phishing scam email originating from Ghana targeted at Gold Stackers. Quick Google search shows it's been detected elsewhere.

Dear,Sir

I am sorry for using this medium to contact you, My name is xxxxxx xxxxx, I want to inquire from you if Gold business is movable business
in your country.
Sir, My Step Father he is old so he told me to take only 50 kilos Gold from the 250 kilos that belongs for our family so
that I will sale the gold to further my education and take care of my life,
sir I want you to advice me on how to send the 50 kilos of the gold to you by DHL or FEDEX. Sir right now the 50 kilos is with me , your urgent reply is highly needed, I want to use the money of the gold to pay my school fess, my father said that he will not pay my
school fee again because he is not my biological father, my father died when I was 2yrs old. Please, advise me what to do now.
Regards,
xxxxxx xxxxx
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Don't get sucked in guys - these are classic scams, I know an Australian businessman who lost $20k+ in a similar scam in the dive industry, saw dollars before sense.

Ghana seems to be a hotbed of gold related scams.
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Honestly, how many people bother to read past the first or second line? It practicly has SCAM highlighted in neon flashing lights.
 
I love a good 419 scam - I got one from some guy saying he had Michael Jackson's fortunes to give to me, another was the FBI director saying someone was using my name to get funds... they are a classic ain't they??

I've replied to a few sometimes just for fun.. I have one that i replied to - the dude was asking if I was dead. can I put it here? or maybe somewhere else
 
Poor guy he has a step father that refuses to pay his school fees because he's not his biological son :(

Oh well at least his step dad cared enough to give him 50 kilo's of gold even if he won't pay school fees :rolleyes:
 
I am always getting spam because of my gold nugget website (not been updated for years), used to be a lot from Nigeria but now a lot from Africa wanting to sell enormous quantities of gold which I just delete, but this morning I got an unusual one - from Florida but it says email sent 7 September? That is a bit suspicious to start with - maybe it got intercepted by FBI or one of those agencies looking into money laundering. This guy says he has investors wanting to invest in gold nuggets and can I supply him $15 - 20,000 worth twice a month preferably 2-3 gram size nuggets!
Of course I can't supply him! :rolleyes:
But I was thinking - maybe there could be a move into investing in natural gold nuggets if there is a ban on gold bullion sales in the USA?

I listened to that interview with James Turk (last one listed here cant rememeber name of guy) and the guy said (- I think he was talking about Europe) that they have to stop investments in other asset classes such as gold - could this happen - a ban on gold bullion sales? If it happened in one country it would probably be taken up by other countries.
 
Only $11m? pfffa. Now, let me check my wallet. $8m, $9 m, $10 m, $10.5m ...... damn! just a bit short. Can I start a quick thread to raise the money? I'm good for it.... I'll even send you some of the gold as a thankyou.
On a semi- serious note, I love getting these emails; I so
sometimes play one scammed off against the other .... it can be real fun.
 
Confidence scam - get you to send the money for payment. They send painted bricks if anything.
 
goldpelican said:
Enquiries of those sizes can be legitimate... 200kg is only $11m - but bugger wiring money to Ghana for it without every single bar having been delivered, XRF'd, SG tested, drilled and assayed!
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GROUP BUY??
 
'For the official record that was a joke'
REDBACK incorporated in no way supports or condones Phishing scams or partakes in Group buys of Phishing scam products.Warning!!!!! serious amounts of money can be lost in Phishing scam transactions.
Beware!!..That ok Boss :lol:
 
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