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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: "joe modu" <jmdzn@gawab.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:04:56 GMT
Subject: Hope to hear from you today

 

Dear VICTIMNAME,

 

Thank you for your email and my family was very glad for your interest in assisting us transfer our money to overseas for our investment. I wish to inform you that we have discussed and agreed that we will be going into Partnership with you and you will be our investment manager, which means that you will be managing our fund with us and investing the money in Lucrative business vesture in your country.

 

As our fund manager / partner, you will be entitle to 30% of our investment in your country and 25% of the total sum as we previously explained to you in our first email for your kind assistance in transferring our money to Overseas where it is save and investing the money in a lucrative business for future profit in our interest.

 

Thus, we are expecting to welcome you here in South Africa soon for Familiarity with my family and signing a partnership/investment Agreement of our investment in your country which will explain your role as our fund  Manager and percentage of our money and investment in your country entitle to you. This agreement will be registered in the high court of South Africa in case of future arguments. How ever, we believe and trusted in you that you will not betray us as soon as you receive our money in your overseas Account.

 

Secondly, you have to open a non-resident dollar Account here in South Africa with a commercial bank in your name where our money will be deposited first for onward transfer to your overseas Account due to our refugee Status(papers) we can not deal directly with the banks here.

 

Please confirm your interest in assisting us by calling me on phone numbers 0027839680894 on receipt of this message and for further Explanations. And the original documents of our fund deposit in the security company will be presented to you on arrival here in South Africa.

 

I beg you in the name of God; please keep this transaction confidential for the safety of the life of my family and our money until our money is confirmed in your overseas Account than my family will rejoice and celebrity with your family in your country.

 

Please endeavor to reply me on fax numbers 0027112197201 indicating your Phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.

 

Waiting to hear from you soon.

 

Thank you and best regards,

 

Mr. Joe Modu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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