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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: t@71.hu
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:46:40 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ME URGENTLY FOR A MUTUAL BUSINESS !!!

Greetings,

I am Mr Rapheal James, credit accounts officer of South Africa
Petroleum Corporation (SAPC)Johannesburg Branch, South Africa. I handle
all our and secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit
(EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Capital Funds. As an expert,
I have made over $9.2M from Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for
someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the funds as
Investment Proceeds.Brief history of funds: I have more than 158
Corporate Investors attached to my portfolio whose Capital Investment
Funds are being managed and administered by me.

This Capital Investment Funds has a value of over US$22Billion net. The
US$22B is been used for trading in Stock Market, Crude Oil and Lending
with Profit Returns. Every end of year, each corporate investor is
expected to receive interest from his total Investment Capital Funds.
However, I make an excess of 1.2% from the Investor's Investment Capital
Funds annually which have exceeded our targeted 20% of Total Investment
Capital Funds. This extra of 1.2% from the 21.2% is been retained by me
as my personal profits for managing the Capital Investment. However, I
cannot claim these funds without presenting someone to stand as an
Investor otherwise our establishment will convert the funds into the
company's treasury. This is why I have come to you for the deal to take
place. Get back to me for more details if you know you can handle this.

Kind regards,

Mr. Rapheal James
Reply email (rjsafrica@blumail.org)
Reply email (raphealjames@safrica.com)


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