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From: Francois Krotoff <[email protected]>Dear Sir
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:07:27 +0100
Subject: Gold Business
Thank you for accepting my invitation to connect,I am a business man
from Ivory Coast Africa,I am directly connected to local miners in my
community and they are looking for buyers/investors Gold Bar. I can
send you all their details and they are ready to work with each terms
and conditions, They have been mining for 3 years but no
improvement.They sell their products to white business owners in the
country for small cash because all the have to tell them is that
it’s very expensive to export and their are not enough buyers ,
These are
the complaints made to me by them , they currently have 500 kg gold
bars available with the following characteristics:
Commodity:Refined Gold Bars (AU)
Physical Form:Dore Bar
Purity & Fineness: 97.65 % or better (23+ carats or better)
Origin:Cote d’Ivoire, Africa
Destination: Buyer Destination
Quantity: 500 kgs
Price: $42 000 Usd (The price is negotiable )
Intermediate commission: $ 2000 USD/ kg
They agree to be paid after the second test and if the tests are
successful at the buyer’s final refinery. If you are interested,then
please give me your email address so that they can send you an offer
Cordially
M. Francois Krotoff