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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: mandlansizi@hotmailt.com
Reply-To: mandla.nsizi@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 04:21:15 +0100
Subject: Hello



Hello, My name is Mandla Nsizi, Director Project Implementation with South=
African Anglo-Gold Ashanti in Johannesburg and a member of the Contract Te=
nders Board (CTB) of the above corporation. Your esteemed address was relia=
bly introduced to me at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in my search f=
or a reliable individual/company who can handle a strictly confidential tra=
nsaction, which involves the transfer of a reasonable sum of money to a for=
eign account. The amount of money involved is US$50,000,000,00 (FIFTY MILLI=
ON UNITED STATES DOLLARS) only. The money has already been extracted from v=
arious contracts awarded by this corporation, as a result of over-invoicing=
masterminded by the concerned officials involved, this has been drafted to=
represent the final payment for a contract that has been executed to this =
corporation some years back. The money is now floating in the suspense acco=
unt of the South Africa Reserve Bank awaiting claim by any foreign partner =
which status we now want you to resume. Now is the optimum period to consum=
mate this fund, following the presidential directive to all ministries to s=
ettle all outstanding debts owed to both local and foreign contractors? In =
my last meeting with the Officials involved, it was unanimously agreed that=
35% of the total sum will be given to you, 60% will be for us while 5% wil=
l be use to reimburse the expenses that will be incurred in the processing =
of this transfer. What I need from you at the moment is to send me the info=
rmation below; (1) FULL NAMES (2) RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS / COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (=
3) DATE OF BIRTH (4) TELEPHONE / CELL NUMBERS (5) OCCUPATION (6) MARITAL ST=
ATUS (7) SEX I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free as we hav=
e concluded every arrangement to protect the interest of everyone involved,=
Likewise all modalities for the successful transfer of this fund have been=
worked out with Department of Finance and the South Africa Reserve Bank to=
facilitate the remittance of this fund to your designated account within 7=
2 hours after your claim has been approved. However, I believe that you are=
honest enough and will not raise any misgiving attitude in any aspect of t=
he transaction, more importantly, that you will keep this transaction very =
confidential so as not to tarnish the confidence reposed on these officials=
by the Government of South Africa. Please treat this information as confid=
ential. Best regards, Mandla Nsizi. Director Project Implementation South A=
frican Anglo-Gold Ashanti=20

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