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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: "Steve Madiba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevemadiba70@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 06:59:40 -0500
Subject: I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR YOU

Steve Madiba
28 Hillgate Place
Capetown
South Africa

Good day,

I am Steve Madiba, a financial consultant attached to fidelity
investments international, a fund management company with over
US$2,000,000,000.00 (Two Billion United States Dollars) capital investment
fund. I handle all our investor's direct capital funds and extracts 1.2%
Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the
Investor's Marginal Capital Fund.
As an expert in this profession, I have funds amounting to
US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty-Five Million United States Dollars) from the
Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as
an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity
Marginal Capital Fund for our own partnership business investment in
his/her country.
All confirmable documents to support this Investment Fund will be made
available to you. Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and
technicalities so that the funds can be claimed in any of our six clearing
houses without any hitches. All I require is your honest co-operation. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement and no
government involvement at all.
It is very important you include your contact address, telephone and fax
number for easy communication.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Email your response to:
stevemadiba70@gmail.com

Yours faithfuly.

Madiba

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