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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. David Makkubule" <training@nptdc.gov.mm>
Reply-To: makkubule@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2017 15:59:46 -0400
Subject: INVEST....


From: Dr. David Makkubule
Email: makkubule@outlook.com
=

INVESTMENT OPPO=
RTUNITY
=

I am Dr. David Makkubule, the chairman of South African Parliamentary Comm=
ittee on works and contracts. I got your contact through South African Cham=
bers Of Commerce and industry via Information and exchange Control Unit in =
Johannesburg. Through over invoiced and bulk purchases that was made on beh=
alf of the Anglo Gold LTD, my deputy and I
=

Have an excess sum of US$42,860 000.00 (Forty-Two million Eight Hundred an=
d Sixty Thousand United
States Dollars) which we now want to transfer to any trustworthy account o=
verseas. This money represents an Over-invoiced contracts that was awarded =
to a foreign contractor in 2002.The Company that executed this Contract has=
since collected their contract payment leaving behind the over-invoiced su=
rplus of US$42,860,000.00 which was our arrangement. If you are interested =
send to us the below information;
=

(1) Your Full Name and your address
(2) Your telephone/fax number
(3) Your Nationality
(4) Your Age
(5) Your occupation
=

I want you to bear in mind that this transaction is 100% real and risk fre=
e. After indicating your interest we will then discuss about the percentage=
and also the government is waiting to make this payment to the contractor'=
s account less than ten working days. After concluding the deal we can toge=
ther invest this fund into real estate development, tourism e.t.c. Due to t=
he urgent nature of this transaction you are requested to send me an email =
if you are interested as soon as possible on the above email address.
=

Best Regards,
Dr David Makkubule
Member of Parliament
Republic Of South Africa.
=20

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