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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: kandiwa thomas <fg4.bh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mr.kandiwapa@accountant.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 13:37:18 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP



INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP


We want to transfer/invest ($90 Million United States Dollars ) to you.

My client Mr.Moussa Mohammed,the former personal adviser to the Late

military Libyan dictator General Gaddafi is highly interested to invest

in your region .I'm searching for a good reliable local partner, who i

can trust very much with his funds for upward investment, this person

will be responsible to invest the funds into a higher yielding Capital

Investments,His investment interest is: oil/Gas, banking,real estate,

stock speculation and mining, transportation, health sector and tobacco,

Communication Services, Agriculture Forestry & Fishing, thus any sector

and you will also be responsible to setting up the management company

and running it ,until his returning from war exile ,while i represent

his interests/monitoring .



The funds is secretly /currently nominated/lodged in a Security company

in Republic Of South Africa and we request if you can come forward to

stand as the bonafide beneficiary of the funds for the proper

investments purposes .



Do confirm the letter by forwarding your Names, Address and mobile

Telephone Number to enable me intimate you on the full details of the

completions with the email address below:

mr.kandiwapa@accountant.com


Thanks and Regards,

Mr.Kandiwapa Thomas Usiku

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