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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: "woojona" <economyjowo@myway.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:59:36 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY.



CARLTON CENTRE
Postal Address:
PO BOX 2089
JOHANNESBURG
GAUTENG

Dear Sir,

I am sending you this mail regarding money transfer.My name
is Mr. Jonathan Wood, and I am Director and Head of Project
Finance, Portfolio Manager Standard Bank South Africa. I run
Standard Bank's Project Finance team in Johannesburg. I
involved in negotiating the new Standardized Contract for
South Africa's PPP programmed. I represent the banking
sector in negotiating the bank's infrastructure funding
commitments under the South African Financial Services
Charter.

I serve on the board of Growth Point Properties Limited. I
am director of the Public Investment Corporation Limited.
Also I am the senior member of the Special Income Tax Court
for taxation appeals. I hold other directorships at Standard
Bank Group Ltd, and at Nelson Mandela Foundation, Nelson
Mandela
Children’s Trust and the Rockefeller Foundation.

I am so connected, and by my position, I was privileged to
use my position to over invoice a contract by excess of
{$26,000,000.00} Twenty Six Million United State Dollars.
And what I need now is a
reliable and trust-worthy Foreigner whom I will work in
concert with, to pull out this excess money. You should send
correct bank account information where you will like the
fund to be transferred to. I will handle all the
documentation of the deal, which is risk free,while you will
provide me with your company or private
account where to transfer the money into. However, the money
can move through diplomatic means to your house directly or
a bank of your choice using diplomatic courier service.

First transfer to your account will be [$10,000,000.00] Ten
Million United State Dollars Only. After the proper sharing
of the first transfer, I will then have the remaining
balance of $16 million transfer to the same account. I think
is o.k. The most important thing is can I trust you once you
receive the money in your account? If you can honestly
collaborate with me, you will take 25% of the total amount,
if you can sincerely assist me.

On receipt of the below information and a strong assurance
from you that you will not mislead me I will then start to
process the transfer to your account without any delay. I
will be sending you the transaction DOCUMENTS as we
proceeds. This transaction will be concluded within
7-banking days if you can speedy up action.

This is a secret deal and must be treated as such, when you
confirm your interest I will tell you the next step. Please
you should forward your brief life biography with your
account information as below:

{1} Bank Name:
{2} Bank Address:
{3} Account No:
{4} Swift Code:
{5} Account Holder's Name:

I will like to speak with you on telephone, this is a secret
deal and must be treated as such, when you confirm your
interest I will tell you the next step. I need your private
telephone number where I can reach you now. I look forward
to speaking with you soon.

Thank you for your interest.

Regards,
MR. JONATHAN WOOD.
{Director and Head of Project Finance}
{Portfolio Manager, Standard Bank South Africa}



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