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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: "BUSINESS OFFER DEAL." <project.department@w.cn>
Reply-To: projectserviceprovider247@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:13:18 +0900
Subject: BUSINESS OFFER DEAL.






Hoping that you had a wonderful day.


First and foremost, I am a senior government official in the Southern
Africa Region and I am in charge of Contract Award, Execution and
Supervision, which inline with my departmental duty. In 2008/2009, I
carried out a deal in my Department during one of the contract that was
executed by a UK company, for the supply of raw material / building
materials for the construction of Two (2) new Stadiums and three (3)
Shopping malls here in South Africa during the preparation of the FIFA
Soccer World Cup that was hosted in South Africa in 2010, I hope that you
are also aware of this FIFA SOCCER event which bring us a one in a life
time opportunity.

Within the period of the contract award negotiation and approval, which
worth over £206,630,000.00 (Two Hundred and Seventy million Six Hundred
and Thirty British Pounds), I deliberately used my position to obtain
another document with an unknown/un-existing foreign company with an
inflated of an excess of £30,500,000.00 (Thirty million five hundred
thousand British Pounds) which the documents was also signed along with
the original contract documents. At the completion of the original
contract in late 2009, the actual contract sum of US$ 176,130,000.00 was
paid to the original contractors, leaving the excess sum of
£30,500,000.00, which I reported to the National Treasury that the
contractor has demanded that the remaining amount should be left until
they request for the payment of the remaining fund into another company
account within one year time duration.

It was during 2010 year end Government auditing that was conducted in our
office, that the Government discovered that the excess fund £30,500,000.00
is still floating and the fund is attached to the unknown company as I
have personally arranged the deal, The Government are now demanding that I
should contact the company/contractor and ensure that the money is paid
out with immediate effect, and I agreed to contact the company and send a
report back to the Government.

As this moment, I cannot personally claim the fund and I do not have any
proper foreign link or company outside South Africa to receive the
payment, I am now contacting you to see if we can use your company to
receive the payment and we share the fund within ourselves as it is a deal
and I am also the person that is mainly in charge of the DEAL. This is
strictly a business deal and I have the proof, which is all the original
contract documents, which I prepared in 2008 to cover the total fund, and
as I am sending this email I can endeavor to send the documents to you for
your review and verification.
As I said, this deal is 100% secured and it does not attract any risk
because we shall use my official power to approve and secure the payment
without any visibility or awareness of any third party since you will
contact directly with the Government from your end as the owner of the
fund and I will also be giving you every information during your
communication since it will be done within my organizational circle.

Thank you for your co-operation as I await your urgent response.

Best Regards,


Senior government officer
Southern African Region
Tel: +27-83-711-2693
Mr. Solomon Nkosi Maluleke
Email: projectserviceprovider247@gmail.com





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