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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: markjohnson mbu <markjohnson2008@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 01:19:23 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL


PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL
TTEN;CEO/DIRECTOR.

Dear Sir,
I am MR MARK JOHNSON an accountant and principal overseer with the South African Mining Corporation. I got your contact through network on line in search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves transfer of fund to a foreign account. This said fund (US$19.5m) Ninteen million, five hundred thousand United State dollar, is a variation and accumulation of equity investment made in the South African Mining corporation in the period of 1973-1977.


This redeemable investment interest, has now matured and has long been cleared for disbursment but with no apparent knowledge of who the investors are as most of the investors then, were corrupt government officials and their cronies under the obnoxious aparthied regime who used pseudo names and aliases in the transactions, and could not come up for claims under the present political setting in South Africa. After due cunsultative sessions with my colleagues in the account department of the mining corporation over the fund (US$19.5M), which is now considered as floating fund, we decided to confiscate the fund and placed it in a private trust company for safe keeping, awaiting further transfer to a foreign account for further business ventures. What we need now is a foreign national who can assist us in the transfer of this fund, and also to help invest the fund in a risk free venture. if you are willing to assist us in this transfer, we have agreed to compensate you based on!
a
certain percentage of the total sum (US$19.5m) through mutual negotiations.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation, and we hope to hear from you soon ,to enable us give you full details of the transactions.
You can contact me trough my mail markjohnson2008@yahoo.co.in .


Best regards
Mark Johnson






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