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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: "Chief Tito Maleka" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <TitoMalekaInTrustSouthAfrica@homemail.co.za>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 01:47:33 +0800
Subject: RE: REQUEST FOR FUND TRANSFER INTO YOUR FOREIGN ACCOUNT

From: Chief Tito Maleka
Tel: +27793717647
Fax: +27865148253
Email: TitoMalekaInTrustSouthAfrica@homemail.co.za

RE: REQUEST FOR FUND TRANSFER INTO YOUR FOREIGN ACCOUNT

Attn:

My Name is Chief Tito Maleka (ANC security chief): senior government official and chief security of South Africa, can you help to repatriate this Fund into your oversea Account?

This amount was deposited with our Security Company here in South Africa in the name of ANC. UN Security Council Libya Sanctions Committee has contacted me Chief Tito Maleka requesting my help to find the loot, worth an estimated Ninety-eight Million Dollars U$D98, 000,000.00) (R98bn), hidden by Gaddafi here in South Africa who was executed in 2011 after a political uprising in Libya, this fund was for the purpose of investments in Mining, Energy and Natural Resources.

I will present you to the Security Company as the beneficiary of the funds and my foreign partner since I have all the necessary documents regarding the claim of these funds, and also to proof that you are the rightful owner of the funds with your information/details to enable them to transfer the funds into your nominated bank account. Please reply with your full contact coordinates (your full name and address phone/fax etc.,) to enable me to contact you for a verbal discussion.

All I require is your honest cooperation to achieve this Business Opportunity. So you need to visit South Africa as soon as possible as your presence will be highly needed to facilitate the claim and to have a face to face meeting with me thus as my silent partner and receive the funds as the sole beneficiary which I shall secure all legal documentation from the Security Company to authenticate the existence of the funds on your arrival.

Please follow-up Libyan letters of May 9th 2013 from the Ministry of Justice With Ref No: 18 19 attached to this email: The investigators believe there is evidence of more than $1-billion in cash, gold and diamonds being held by four banks and two security companies in South Africa.

It could be the largest haul of Libyan assets found until now, although it is only a fraction of the estimated $80-billion of Gaddafi's foreign assets.

Kindly note that you are entitled of 40% of the total funds, while 60% will before me, please treat this transaction as confidential matter. I will send you all the details as soon as you indicate your willingness, contact me on my Tel: +27793717647 Fax: +27865148253 Email: TitoMalekaInTrustSouthAfrica@homemail.co.za.

Read the news on the link below for more details:

http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/found-in-sa--libyas-trillions-1791851?ref=yfp
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2013/06/02/gaddafi-billions-found-in-sa1?ref=yfp
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/UN-SA-row-looms-over-Gaddafi-loot-20130811
http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/un-sa-row-over-gaddafi-assets-1.1560318#.Uhst6NJHIwY
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Gaddafi-billions-held-in-SA-report-20130602

Hoping to hear from you urgently.

Much Regards

Chief Tito Maleka

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