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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. Thibedi Ramontja" <captalexanderleh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: thibedi.ramontja@webmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 09:56:34 +0200
Subject: RE: PROPOSAL FOR JOINT BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP


The Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Thibedi Ramontja
Director General
Department of Mineral and Energy Resources
Territorial Headquarters, Pretoria South Africa
Email: thibediramontja@accountant.com,


Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: PROPOSAL FOR JOINT OPERATION

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this letter irrespective
of
the fact that you do not know me personally. However, for the purposes of
introduction, I am Dr. Thibedi Ramontja, the Director of Mineral and Energy
Resources, Republic of South Africa.

I wish to inform you that my colleagues and I in the accounts section of my
department have secured the amount of US $18.5M from the treasury’s account
of my department, which we intend to transfer to a foreign account.

The said amount resulted from an inflated contract which was executed in my
department five (5) years ago. The original contract sum has been fully paid
to the contractor after the completion of the contract leaving behind this
inflated contract sum. Therefore, we want to seek for your interest,
participation and assistance to transfer the said amount into your foreign
company or private account.

If you indicate your interest to assist us, we would need the followings
from
you; your company’s letterhead paper duly signed and stamped, your
company’s pro forma invoice also duly signed and stamped, your full names
and address as you would want them to appear after the approval, your
private
or company’s account details, your telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication. When we receive the above mentioned, we’ll put claims and
seek for approval and subsequent payment of the amount into the account
number that you’ll provide.

My colleagues and I have agreed to offer you 20% of the total amount when
finally transferred into your bank account, set aside 10% to take care of
all
expenses and the balance of 70% be retained by my colleagues and I.

I wish to inform you that the nature of your business does not necessarily
matter. We’re only concerned about your keeping this transaction as
confidential as highly as possible.

I also wish to inform you that this transaction is free from any risk and
for
more detailed information/discussion; you can contact me on the above
telephone number and email. I would appreciate your confidentiality and
honesty in our correspondence. I look forward to your positive response.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Thibedi Ramontja
The Director General
Department of Mineral
And Energy Resources
South Africa

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