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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: "Dr. Smith Tambo" <drsmithtambbo@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: drsmithtambo@gazeta.pl
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 05:46:32 +0800
Subject: PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME IF INTERESTED IN THIS BUSINESS DEAL

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA),
24 Johnson Road,The Maples,
Office Park - Bedfordview,
Johannesburg, South Africa.

I am sorry to disturb your privacy with my proposal after getting your contact information from an online directory, let me start by introducing myself.

I am Dr. Smith Tambo from Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) a company that owns and operates the nine principal airports, including the three major international airports in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban here in South Africa. I seek your consent on this transaction, which involves the transfer of an intentionally over-invoiced contract from Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). The said contracts was completed a year ago and all contractors paid their full entitlements.

The over invoiced amount is $20Million United States Dollars which we have successfully transferred 5million to a selfish Chinese business man who ran away with our money after receiving the money in his bank account in China simply because he knew we could not challenge it.

Right now we are left with $15Million and we can not wait because if the money is not paid to a foreigner we present as a contractor to claim the money it will be discovered by external auditors and become a problem to us since our records indicate all contractors have been paid fully that is the main reason we want to risk trying to transfer this fund to you even though we do not know you.

You can have 20% of this money once the money has been successfully transferred to any bank account you provide. We have no time to delay because the external auditors will start auditing within a couple of weeks. So if my proposal is acceptable by you just send the required details below so I can start preparing all documents to proof to my country and your country that the funds you are about to receive is legally acquired.

FULL NAMES.........................................................................

ADDRESS........................................................................................

OCCUPATION.........................AGE.................TELEPHONE /FAX/MOBILENUMBER..........................

Finally to ensure the success of this transaction now and in the future, this information should be kept highly confidential before and after confirmation of the transfer in the bank account you provide, questions are welcomed regarding this deal. Everything regarding this deal has been arranged to be legally done and concluded with seven days if you accept to work diligently with me.

Regards,
Dr. Smith Tambo
(Maintenance Manager)

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