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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: "Dr Themba Maleke" <dme2030@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:06:23 -1200
Subject: INVESTMENT ENQUIRY

FROM THE DESK OF:Dr Themba Maleke
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT
DME,SOUTH AFRICA.
CONFIDENTIAL PHONE:+873-76-2923740
CONFIDENTIAL FAX:873-76-2923741
CORPORATE TEL:27-72-6321696
CORPORATE FAX:27-11-5076867




Attn: Mr. President / C.e.o


I am Dr Themba Maleke, Director of Project, South Africa
Ministry of
Mining & Energy. I am making this contact with you based on
the
committee's need for an individual/company who is willing to
assist us
with a solution to a money transfer. First and foremost
apologized
using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of
this
magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt
access
reposed on this medium.

In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you, as a
respected and
honest person to handle this transaction with sincerity,
trust and
confidentiality. I have decided to seek a confidential
co-operation with
you in the execution of the deal described Here under for
the benefit of
all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret
because of the
nature of this transaction. Within the Mining of Energy
where I
work as Director of Project Implementation and with the
co-operation of four other top officials, we have in our
possession as
overdue payment bills totaling Fourteen Million, Five
Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars (US$14,500,000.) which we want to
transfer abroad
with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign
company/individual to
receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign
non-company
account to receive such funds.

More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the
South Africa
Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate
offshore
account hence your importance in the whole transaction.
This amount $14.5m represents the balance of the total
contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting
firm, which
we the officials over-invoiced deliberately. Though the
actual contract
cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the
balance in
the tune of the said amount which we have in principles
gotten approval
to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any
foreign bank
account you will provide by filing in an application through
the
Ministry of Justice here in South Africa for the transfer of
rights and
privileges of the former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that
should you
be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of
the sum will
be 20% of the$14.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation
and
miscellaneous expenses and while balance 5% will go to
charity
organisation.

Thebusiness itself is 100%safe, on your part provided you
treat it with
utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of
specialization is
not a hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction.I have
reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint me.
Endeavor to contact me immediately through my e-mail to
confirm whether
or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it
will enable
me scout for another foreign partners to carryout this deal.

I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a
position to
make the payment of this claim possible provided you can
give us a very
strong Assurance and guarantee that our share will be
secured and
please, remember to treat this matter very confidential,
because we will not
comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in
active
Government Service.

Once again, remember that time is of great essence in this
transaction wait in anticipation of your
fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Themba Maleke


N.B Please you can reach me through my personal email
address or numbers above
for futher clarification.Please endeavour to affirm me with
your Phone and Fax
Numbers for easy communications






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