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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: "Wanga" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <robert_wanga@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:04:03 -0400
Subject: FOR YOUR CONFIDENTIAL OBSERVATION ONLY

 
Attention President/CEO,
First, I must solicit your confidant in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP
 
SECRET. Though I know that the transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring
 
you that all will be well at the end of the day. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as
 
we have been reliably informed of your discreteness and ability in transaction of this nature.
You will agree with me that the rate of scams and fraudulent practices has made it impossible for genuine business deals to
 
be carried out successfully because everybody is afraid of different proposals and offer emanating from so many countries
 
globally but if only you will give attention on this you will find out the authenticity of this transaction and
I hope this letter finds you in good health. I know this letter may come to you as a surprise because we don’t know before.
Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you, My name is Robert Wanga, Director of Logistics. Department of
 
Petroleum Resources, Government of South Sudan (GOSS-DPR). we are presently issuing Diesel-Automotive Gasoil supply
 
contracts/licenses to companies and individuals. The order price is US$730 per Metric Ton CIF-Mombasa, Kenya. Supply
 
quantity is 200,000 Metric Tons per month for 12 months.
Meanwhile i have good relations with the Government of Venezuela through the Port of Maracaibo for supply of these
 
quantities. They are selling for US$680 per Metric Ton FOB-Maracaibo, Venezuela. A price difference of US$50 per Metric
 
Ton. This sums up to a gross profit of US$10,000,000 per month.You can mail me at: (robert_wanga@aol.com) with your full
 
names, contact address, private telephone / fax numbers, so I can convey further details to you.
My reason for contacting you is because i am looking for a genuine partner to work with to get this license, supply the
 
Diesel and share in the profits 50/50. First thing to be done is to register you as a company or an individual with our
 
Contractors Board. Then we will apply for the license and i will make sure we get it. At the time of sending this letter, I
 
will be traveling to some African countries to meet two of the recommended attorney that will be our front and rep.
I am hoping we can work together on this project.
I expect your response.
Robert Wanga

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