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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: "julia simson" <julia_simson18@klikni.cz>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 07:53:38 -0700
Subject: FOREIGN PARTNER


*FROM:OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN,
CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE
ESKOM PTY LTD, SOUTH AFRICA.*
*
**DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I KNOW THAT THIS PROPOSAL MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE,
ESPECIALY HAVINGTO COME FROM SOMEONE YOU HAVE NOT MET
BEFORE, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CO-OPERATE WITH ME SO THAT
THIS US$35M USD WILL BE RELEASED ANDTRANSFERRED INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.

MY NAME IS MR JEFF MABASO, THE CHAIRMAN OF CONTRACT AWARD
COMMITTEE OF ESKOM PTY LTD SOUTH AFRICA. IT IS MY PROFOUND
INTENTION TO CONTACT YOU FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY
CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION FOR THE TRANSFER OF US$35,000,000,00
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT .THE US$35,000,000,00 WAS THE OVER ESTIMATED *
*BALANCE FROM THECONTRACT SA WARDED TO BOTH FOREIGN AND LOCAL CONTRACTORS
THE REAL CONTRACT VALUE WAS $120 MILLION DOLLARS *
*BUT IT WAS OVER ESTIMATED TO US$155,000,000,00(ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
FIVEMILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY).

THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULY EXECUTED BY THE
CONTRACTORS AND THEIR CONTRACT SUM OF (US$120M) HAS BEEN
PAID TO THEM,LEAVING OUR OVER ESTIMATED BALANCE OF
(US$35,000,000,00) THIRTY FIVEMILLIONUNITED STATES DOLLARS STILL *
*PENDING AT THE BANK.RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LEFT WITH THIS OVER ESTIMATED BALANCE
OF(US$35M) WHICH IS STILL FLOATING AT THE ESKOM ACCOUNT IN
FIRST NATIONAL BANK(FNB),AWAITING FINAL PAYMENT TO ANY
RELIABLE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT YOU MAY PROVIDE.I AM
THEREFORE ASKING YOU TO CO-OPERATE WITH ME SO THAT THE FUND
WILL BE RELEASED AND TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS MY PROPOSAL, REPLY ME SO THAT
WE CAN NEGOTIATE YOUR PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE PROCEED.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE FUND IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT OVER
THERE, I SHALL OBTAIN VISA AND TRAVEL TO MEET YOU FOR MY OWN SHARE OF THE
MONEY IN THIS REGARD,I WOULDLIKE YOU TO SEND ME THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS
THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS **jeffmabaso@webmail.co.za** FOR SECURITY
REASONS.

REGARDS,
MR JEFF MABASO*

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