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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: "Kenneth Dumasi" <kennethdumasi101@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:28:51 -0700
Subject: Foreign assistance/co operation

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From the Desk of : DR. KENNETH DUMASI (BSc, MSc, PhD, MNIM.) 
Dept. Of Minerals & Energy.
E-mail: kennethdumasi1960@yahoo.com
                              
                               STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
Attn: Sir/Madam,
The South African Economy has witnessed a steady growth since the end of Apartheid.
 Within the Department of Mining, Quarry and Mineral Resources where I worked as Director of Auditing and Project Implementation. Minerals & Energy alone contributes 12.3% GDP R25.9Billion), Gold made up R19.9Billion of the yearly export while Base metals and other mineral products contribute R6.7Billion and R5.0Billion respectively. This figure excludes Diamond, which is quoted separately.
The Government  continuously strives to improve and maintain good relationship with foreign governments and Non-Governmental financial agencies by ensuring payments for all debts owed to foreign contractors. As a matter of fact, the Government has sponsored several trade delegations overseas to improve and attract foreign investments to South Africa.
I write to solicit your partnership in a matter I believe will be of mutual benefit to us. This would require your trust and capability to work with me with your genuine cooperation according to instructions. I and two other colleagues involved in this transaction are still in active government service with the Ministry of Minerals & Energy and we are in dire need of a foreign partner to assist us in the receipt and investment of US$ 14,500,000.00 (Fourteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The key issue is the transfer of the said sum to an account that will be provided by you for this purpose for safekeeping and subsequent investment in a profitable venture. We are ready to go into an agreement with you regarding your percentage in this transaction.
It does not matter whether or not you own a company, we shall guide you on what to do. The basis will be that a major company won a contract and subcontracted it to you. More often, big trading companies and firms of unrelated fields win contracts and subcontract to more specialized firms for execution. We shall follow strictly all the legal procedures entailed in our laws and international laws in transferring the funds to you. The source of the fund is legitimate and authoritative, our caucus extends from my Department to the Ministry of Finance.This whole transaction is 100% safe and will be carried out thoroughly within the confines of the laws of my country.
 
It may interest you to know that a few years ago, a similar transaction was carried out with one Mr. Patrice Miller, The President of Crane International Trading Corporation, at No. 135, East 57th Street, 28th Floor, New York, 10022, with Telephone No. (212) 308-7788 and Telex No. 6731680. After the agreement between the partners, in which he was to take 15% of the money, which was duly transferred into his account only to be disappointed on arrival
in New York as we were reliably informed that Mr. Patrice Miller was no longer on that address, while his Telephone and Telex Numbers had been changed that was how we lost US$21.43M to Mr. Patrice Miller.
This time around we need a more reliable and trustworthy person or a reputable company to do business with, hence this letter to you. If you are interested and can prove yourself to be trustworthy then we can carry out this transaction with you.
 
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope you will not disappoint me.I must mention and buttress emphatically  that i am still in active service here as a civil servant with the South African Government and crave your indulgence to treat this proposal with utmost confidentiality and maturity whether or not you are interested.I take no offence in your refusal or further perusal of this offer. Should you be willing to assist positively with a common goal, endeavour to contact me immediately through my confidential numbers, fax or e-mail.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
 
Yours Faithfully,
 
DR. KENNETH DUMASI (BSc, MSc, Phd, MNIM.) 

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