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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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Fraud email example:

From: tambo victor <twfgdvd@zbavitu.net>
Reply-To: <Tambovictor777@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 01:16:35 +0200
Subject: Re: Financial Assets Siphonage / Receiving Account Snitch


COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY



Re: Financial Assets Siphonage / Receiving
Account Snitch



May I introduce an urgent deal that will benefit
both of us; if only you will agree to do the deal? If not, pardon my intrusion,
as I regret to expose it.



We have finalized arrangements to siphon some
over-invoiced contract payments to a Russian Oligarch account in Cyprus. But I
am concerned about this Russian man because he told us to transfer the money to
his Cyprus account and he would move the funds from Cyprus to another country
because they are presently relocating their funds out of Cyprus. As I am
writing to you now; this money will leave to Cyprus any moment.



If this money goes to the Russian man's account;
I will only make 10% of the total amount after taxation, expenditure
deductions, and after sharing with the Russian man and my partners here. But I
have the capability to snitch the Russian man's account now that the bank is
set to approve the payment on the Russian man's name; as a foreign
sub-contracting company owed the amount. This is based on official contract
payment documentations we re-profiled to the Russian man's name to back-up the
claim and submitted just to claim this money, as over-due contract payment. I
know how to do it, do not worry, so you will receive the funds.



I am contacting you to see if you could just
allow me change the Russian man's account to your own account and the bank will
release the money to your account. But you will have to be fast to withdraw the
funds once it hits your account, so I can destroy the documents to avoid any
future trace. I will take the next available flight to you after the fund
transfer, for sharing. I have few other partners I may inform who may be a
stumbling block to this idea, just in case. But for now, I am hatching the plan
alone because I am sitting on the position that allows me to snitch the Russian
man's account during final transfer whilst he is waiting for the transfer.



We will then share the money in the ratio of 25%
and 75%. Contact me.



Best Regards,



Tambo Victor



Email Tambovictor777@yahoo.com



Phone +27 610 297 132

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