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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: Inutu Esakala <adamspvte@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: inutuesakala@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:48:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACT


RE: PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACT
From: Inutu Esakala
157 Commissioner Street,
Johannesburg, RSA. 
 
Hello Good day,

My name is Inutu Esakala Chairman of Contract Awarding Committee for FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010. I got your email contact even though I do not know you in person but I took the courage to contact you based on Trust and urgency of the matter. We are group of three and I am contacting you on behalf of my two other colleagues in Tender Board Commission and both of us are BEE members. We want to invest on Real Estate in your country and we have at our possession $57 Million (Fifty Seven Million United States Dollars) for the investment but we don't have any contact person to help us hence I am contacting you to seek for your assistance and cooperation as a shareholder.
 
History of fund; the money accrued from over invoiced contract perpetrated by us during the bidding and award of the contract which was headed and supervised by us and the contract has been completed and commissioned and the bonafide contractor paid remaining the over invoiced sum. Meanwhile, the money has been cleared for payment and we have finalized arrangement with the paying bank remaining account to direct the payment hence my letter.
 
Can you assist/co-operate with us by nominating/recommending any organization, company or personal A/C to receive the money on our behalf on commission bases?
If you can, pls indicate by providing your profiles, contact # and time to call you for us to discuss your benefit condition and arrange for a meeting to close the deal immediately.
Waiting your earliest possible reply and treat with absolute confidentiality and urgent.
 
Yours faithfully,
Inutu Esakala.
 

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