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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 Elliot"<elliotsongoni@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: elliotsongoni@consultant.com
Date: 06 Oct 2018 14:16:09 -0700
Subject: Hello my good friend

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ATTN: Dear sir/madam,

I am interested in your partnership in a business deal. This
business proposal I wish to intimate you with
is of mutual benefit and its success is entirely based on mutual
trust, cooperation and a high level of
confidentiality as regard this transaction.


I am representing the board of contract review and monitoring
committee of South Africa Consolidated
Copper Mines (SACCM). I am seeking your assistance to enable me
transfer the sum of
US$44,500,000.00 (Forty four Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) into your
private/company account. The fund came about as a result of a
contract awarded and
executed for and on behalf of my Ministry.

The contract was supposed to be awarded to two foreign
contractors to the tune of US$80,000,000.00
( Eighty Million United States Dollars). But in the course of
negotiation, the contract was awarded to a
Bulgarian Contractor at the cost of US$124,500,000.00 (One
hundred and Twenty four Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars),to my benefit unknown to
the contractor. This contract has
been satisfactorily executed and inspected as the Bulgarian firm
is presently securing payment from my
Ministry, where our Board is in-charge of all foreign contract
payment approval.
As a civil servant still in active government service, I am
forbidden by law to operate an account outside
the shores of South Africa. Hence this message to you seeking
your assistance so as to enable me present
your private/company account details as a beneficiary of
contractual claims and have the funds release to
you.


On actualization, the fund will be disbursed as Stated below:

1). 30% of the fund will be for you as beneficiary

2). 70% of the fund will be for us.

All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for a
smooth actualization of the transaction within
the next few working days of commencement.
For further details as to the workability of this transaction,
please reach me as soon as possible for further
clarification. I am currently in England for a senior management
course and most importantly to finalize
this transaction.

Details will be revealed upon the receipt of your mail.

Please, email me on receipt of this mail at:

E-mail:elliotsongoni@consultant.com

Tel: +27732882575

I await your urgent response.

Yours Sincerely,

ELLIOT SONGONI

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