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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "peter mabuya" <pmabuyaa_@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: plmabuya@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:09:30 +0000
Subject: Hi

Mr Peter Mabuya

DIRECT TEL: +871-762-921-675
DIRECT FAX: +871-762-921-676

PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL
Dear sir,

I am Mr Peter Mabuya, Director of Project, South Africa Department of
Minerals & Energy. I am making this contact with you based on my committee's
need for an individual/company who is willing to assist us with a solution
to a money transfer. First and foremost i apologized using this medium to
reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to
prompt access reposed on this, medium.
In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you, as a respected and
honest person to handle this transaction with sincerity, trust and
confidentiality. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you
in the execution of the deal described Here under for the benefit of all
parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of
this transaction.
Within the Department of Minerals and Energy where I work as Director of
Project Implementation and with the co-operation of two other top officials,
we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Fourteen
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$14,500,000.) which
we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign
company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable
foreign non-company account to receive such funds.
More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil
Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate foreign account hence
your importance in the whole transaction.
This amount $14.5m represents the total value of over-invoiced contract sum
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firms, which
we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic
Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank account.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 25%
of the $14.5 million, 65% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses .
I await your immediate response.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Peter Mabuya.
N.B Please reply with your confidential phone and fax number to enable me
contact you for further clarifications.

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