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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: Mr Pat Bodi <news@carbonetix.com.au>
Reply-To: <patbodi05@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 03:58:05 +1000
Subject: Investment Proposal



--
Dear Sir/Madam,

Sequel to my email, I was in your country recently but for a brief
period
of time, until I decided to send you a email which I will be glad if
you
can come back to me. I am a private investor based in Chicago, United
States and my name is Mr Bodi. A group of government officials from
South
Africa contacted me with an offer. In my capacity, I am to solicit and
state their offer, if your interest is genuine; you can contact me for
further briefing.I need to engage with you to discuss a high return
investment opportunity.

The process is simple and if you have a genuine interest in taking this
forward, I am willing to send you a return flight ticket to meet me up
in
person in United States for us to meet and execute the process. In
brief,
this entails you being made a beneficiary of a substantial sum of money
(US$120MIL) which will be transferred to you, under your name. In
return, a
fair compensation of 20% awaits you for your involvement in the
project,
the remaining balance (minus the interest, handling and tax clearance
charges, which will be offset by us and deducted from the transfer sum)
to
a nominated bank account in Cayman Island or your account.

This is a synopsis of what we are proposing and I do not think I need
to
spell out the importance of secrecy in this matter considering what is
involved. Let me state clearly here that the account you will be
providing
does not need to have funds in it; it is only needed to be active and
be
able to receive the funds in question.

I need your quick response to this email to indicate your intent, by
getting in touch with me right away. This is important as we would need
to
talk and have a meeting to discuss the modalities of this offer. Let me
know your interest if you can come to me or I can come to you in
person.
For further clarification please contact me through my private
telephone
number.

Currently, I am in United States, herewith are my contact details +1
630
4899 885. Or better still through fax or email bodi@consultant.com
until I
hear from you we take it up, thank you

Yours sincerely,
Mr Bodi

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