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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: tambo doobise <tdd_bsie@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:10:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Very Urgent


Dear:,

I am Mr.Tambo Doobsie the chairperson of South Africa Charity Organization
and subsidy department a board formed for 2010 world cup.

Also there is some fund mapped out from South Africa Reserve Bank been
the mother bank here which supposed to have been used to subsidized for all
the South African citizen regarding the gate fee in watching this 2010
world cup awarded to all fans and I am as well the chairperson appointed to
supervised this fund with board appointed to work with.

More over the reason while South Africa government did assigned this is
because according to our formal president (Mr.Nelson Mandela), he suggested
it will be nice to did this charity to all South Africa Citizen’s so
that it will be a remarkable to every one to remember the year South Africa
awarded world cup which is not every African have gain this opportunity like us
as i knew it is going to be enter into Guinness book of record.

Meanwhile, after our president move this motion and Mr. Thabo Mbeki been our
current president pass this to the house to debate on this matter and later
assigned it and agreed that the amount to be mapped out will be the sum
of (USD$60.000.000.00) Sixty Million United State Of America Dollar.

Further, this fund have been approved to this board and as the
chairperson, I have discuss with my department and told them we should disguise this fund out to overseas and lodge this fund into 'FUDIARY ACCOUNT' and look for foreign partner whom we shall use his particulars for the collection/release and they did accepted and ask me to search for a good Samaritans who will not disclose our intention because once this fund get into whoever I may introduce account, we all will run outside to meet with the person for the investment into any good venture he/she will advised as we have seen that this is our golden opportunity after working with South Africa
government for about 27 years without having nothing.

Now we have agreed to offer you the sum of 30% for your kind assistance
while 65% will be for us and 5% also for the upfront expense both
parties might incur for the completion. Once I hear from you, I will detail you
regarding your expected roles to play and what will be required from
you because we are going to transfer the legal right of ownership to your
name and back it up with paper work to make every thing legal as the source
of this fund to avoid any interrogation to prove that this incoming fund
is free from Money laundry and Drug and so on.

Thanks while I wait for your immediate respond.

Mr.Tambo Doobsie.




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