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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: "SOUTH AFRICAN NETWORK FOR WOMEN IN TRANSPORT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sunluccas333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:25:10 +0200
Subject: SOUTH AFRICAN NETWORK FOR WOMEN IN TRANSPORT

SOUTH AFRICAN NETWORK FOR WOMEN IN TRANSPORT


Dear Sir / Madam,

Business Introduction.

I am contacting you on behalf of the Contract Tenders Board, for the Contract Award/Payment Approvals for Sanwit South Africa . Their duties include evaluation, vetting, approval for payment of contract jobs done for the South African Network for Women in Transport.

On the 14th of June 2008 , the Committee awarded a contract of $250 million United States Dollars to the Consortium of Arrummus, J.G.C. Corporation of Japan , Bouygues Offshore and a joint venture of Spiebatignoles and Fouguerolle, for engineering, procurement and construction in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup.

The Director and his colleagues decided to inflate the contract sum to the tune of $300.5m USD with the intention of sharing the remaining $50.5 million among themselves before submitting the final tender to the government for approval. The government has since approved the payment of $300.5 million for the contract sum now that the contract has been completed last month, but since these companies are entitled to $250 million, we intend to transfer the remaining $50.5 million USD abroad into a safe and reliable account to be disbursed among ourselves.

After due deliberation, the Director and his colleagues have appointed me to contact a company that will assist by acting as the beneficiary to this fund ($50.5m). You will be given all the necessary documentation that proves the completion of the contract by your company with the assistance of the directors.

It may interest you to know that four years ago, a similar transaction was carried out with a Mr. Patrice Miller, the President of Craine International Trading Corporation residing at Nr. 135 East 57th street, 28th floor, New York, 10022 with telephone number (206) 866-5755. After the agreement between both parties in which he was to take 35% of the money while the remaining 65% was for us.

With all the required documentation signed, the money was duly transferred into his account only for us to be disappointed on our arrival in New York , when we were reliably informed that Mr. Patrice Miller was no longer residing in that address. His telephone and fax numbers were either re-allocated to somebody else or abandoned. That was how we lost $27.5 million.

This time around we need a more reliable and trustworthy person and a reputable company to transfer this money to ($50.5 million).

Please be informed that the individuals involved in this transaction are top and influential government functionaries, who would not like any form of exposure and as such would want you to keep this business top secret and confidential.

Rest assured that there is no risk involved for both sides. If this proposal satisfies you, then contact me immediately by indicating your interest in order to effect the transaction soonest.


Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Sunny Lucas
Negotiator.

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