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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: "VISA-MASTER CREDIT CARDS" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:56:06 +0530
Subject: CONTACT ME FOR VERY URGENT BUSINESS !!!

Dear Friend,

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.

Kindly send me your private telephone number, your full names,when replying my email.

Kind regards,
Mr. Rapheal James
Reply email : james.rapheal@aol.com
Reply email: j.rapheal@aol.com

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