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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: DESK OF CHAIRMAN <dr_sitelomark@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:21:43 +0100
Subject: SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010


DESK OF CHAIRMAN
Sub-Committee on Finance
South African World Cup bid 2010
24 Steven Biko Blvrd Pretoria,
Republic Of South Africa.
Email:wc2001_sitelo@yahoo.com
Attn: Ceo,

Greetings to you and a happy new year,permit me to
introduce my self, my name is Mr Mark Sitelo Member
South African World cup 2010 Bid Commitee.You must be
aware now that my country The Republic of South Africa
won the bid to host the world cup by 2010, prior to
this bid my committee was mandated by our Government
to lobby the members of board of Federation
International Football Association (FIFA) on
selection of the country to host the world, the
bidding was intensive but at the end we got the
hosting right. My committee was given the sum of $18
million dollars to lobby the members of the FIFA
ruling body to make sure that we win the hosting right
considering the gain that comes with the hosting right
like South Africa’s economy will receive a massive
direct boost from hosting the 2010 World Cup,
financial impact report for South Africa's World Cup
bid committee shows that the 2010 World Cup will pump
R21.3-billion into South Africa's economy, and
creating an estimated 159 000 new jobs.
With the help the living legend of our time
85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Nelson
Mandela who made an emotive case for The Republic of
South Africa, we got the bid without spending all the
money, I and my committee members saw this as a God
sent opportunity to secure our future and that of our
family therefore i was mandated by other committee
members to look for a way to move the remaining money
to a safe place with the help of a foreigner who we
can trust and is ready to assist us to move the funds
considering the fact that we are still members of the
bid committee and in the eyes of the public hence we
cannot move the funds ourselves. Presently we have in
our possession information and logistics on how we can
move the remaining sum $12.5 millon since spent just
$5.5 million for lobbying and campaigning for the the
hosting right. We are ready to give you 20% for all
your assistance then me and my colleagues will keep
80% lf you are willing kindly reply to my letter for
further directive. we will want to invest our share
into Agriculture, Realesate and Airtaxi business in
your country with your assistance, bearing in mind
that confidentiality is of great essences so is time
in this project I will await your response. Best

Regards
Mr.Mark Sitelo
All responses should be sent to:wc2001_sitelo@yahoo.com

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