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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27783737510 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- thomson_madiba@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: qwwesdqeevcd@gmail.com
Reply-To: Thomson_Madiba@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:04:13 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: INFORMATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

I hope you are fine today.

I am Mr. Thomson Madiba, the Security Attaché to the 2010 Local Organizing Committee in the Republic of South Africa.

As you ought to know, our country is currently busy with the necessary preparations to host the coming 2010 FIFA soccer world cup which gave us a lot of projects and business opportunities at the moment.

Meanwhile, my colleagues and I as a committee in charge of completion of a NEWLY BUILT STADIUM need your assistance to transfer and secure in your oversea account the sum of US$47,000,000.00 (Forty Seven Million United States Dollars) which is an over-invoiced amount from the completion of the contract. This amount is currently in a coded account in the National Treasury of South Africa because the original contract sum of US$430,618,000.00 has been paid to the foreign contractor that executed the project. However, by virtue of our position as members of the South African Local Organizing Committee (SALOC) in charge of various contracts, we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts or acquire the over-invoiced amount in our names here in South Africa

Therefore, I have the mandate of my colleagues to arrange with you as a foreign partner so that the US$47,000,000.00 (Forty Seven Million USD) be transferred to any of your personal or company bank account oversea. We have agreed to give you 15% of the total sum while the rest will be shared amongst my fellow members on equal proportion.

As you may wish to know, all arrangements have been made for the processing of the claim and immediate wire of the fund to your bank account within 7 working days. After the transfer, I will quickly fly to your country to enable us share the fund in accordance with the agreed terms.

If you have the interest to handle this deal with me, kindly revert to me urgently and we shall discuss in further details.

Looking forward to your soonest response.

Mr. Thomson Madiba

CSA SALOC

Rep of South Africa.

Phone: +27-78-373-75-10

Email: Thomson_Madiba@hotmail.com

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