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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: Josh Baraza <barazajosh4@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 16:06:04 +0300
Subject: HELLO


Office of the Financial Controller.
Ministry of Agriculture,
Nairobi-Kenya

Attn: The Managing Director/Ceo

PLEASE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

I am Mr. Josh Baraza,The financial controller in the Ministry Of
Agriculture (MA) Headquarters Nairobi. I am writing on behalf of my
colleagues in the Ministry and have been assigned to seek for the
assistance of a reliable foreign company through which we can transfer the
sum of 12 MILLION U.S DOLLARS ONLY (US$12,000,000). This money is deposited
in the MA Treasury account with the Central Bank of Kenya.


ORIGIN OF THE FUND: This sum arose from the deliberated over-invoicing of
contract awarded by my ministry to foreign firm in the twilight days of the
last regime. This contract has been completely executed and commissioned
and the contractor that handled this contract has collected his full and
final payment thus leaving behind the above stated amount which represent
the over invoiced sum. We have been safeguarding this money for conducive
time for it’s transfer out of the country for our personal use. However,
the code of employment does not allow us (civil servants) to own and
operate foreign account and because the contract was handled by a foreign
firm and the payment made in dollars, we now need a foreign partner that
will present himself as the sub-contractor so that the fund will be
transfer into your company’s or personal account.Your address was made
available to us by a very good friend who work with the Kenyan export
promotion council and he assured us of your company’s viability and
capability in business transaction. This assurance gave us the courage to
link you up in this particular transaction and I hope it will be of mutual
benefit to all of us. Note that the nature of your business is not
particularly relevant to the success of the transaction. All we require is
your willingness to present yourself as the subcontractor by providing your
bank information so that the fund will be transferred into your account.

SHARING RATIO: For your assistance in this business , your share will be
30% of the total fund. I and my colleagues will take 60% while we set aside
10% for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this
transaction. If you are willing to assist us in this business.Forward the
particulars of your bank account and also your private phone and fax
numbers. This information will enable us put an application for payment
approval to the concerned Ministries and final to the Central Bank of Kenya
(C.B.K) and it is going to last for 6-7 working days starting from the day
we receive the above information. All modalities for the take –off of this
transaction have been worked out and further action will commence
immediately we hear from you.

Please send your reply strictly to the email address: ndcccp@rediff.com for
more confidential reasons.

Thanks,

Yours Faithfully.

Mr. Josh Baraza

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