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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: Frank Mokoena <frankmokoena@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: frankmokoena@live.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 02:21:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOODDAY, EQUITY INVESTMENT.

Sandston Johannesburg South Africa .
Email: frankmokoena@live.com


CONFIDENTIAL INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Dear Sir/Madam

I am Mr. Frank Mokoena,a financial consultant based in Johannesburg,South Africa
I have a client(a widow) she has (USD$25, 000,000) Twenty Five Million United State Dollars with a private equity investment trust company here for safe keeping only. She wishes to invest in a stable economy outside Africa.

Her interest is in companies with potentials for rapid growth in long terms. My client is interested in placing part of her fund in your company, if your country's by-laws allow foreign investment. You can contact me for more details via my e-mail:(frankmokoena@live.com) with your reference, then I will forward to you her contact details both telephone / fax number and email address.

NB: The fund is drug free and has no money laundering related matter.

I await your kind response.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Frank Mokoena

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