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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: "Mr.Kandiwapa" <mr.jamescanon@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.Kandiwapa@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 01:15:16 +0200
Subject: I am Engr. Kandiwapa Thomas----(AEPC)

I am Engr. Kandiwapa Thomas , A Namibian Citizen ,Executive Director
Services with the Angola national petroleum corporation/Sonangol and a
member of Tender Board Committee in charge of contract review and payment
approvals, First and Foremost, my apology for using this medium to reach
you for a transaction/business of this nature. I would have preferred to
send it across to you via Courier Service but due to time factor I decided
to email it to you. Accept my apology.

Be informed that a member of the Angola export Promotion Council (AEPC) who
was at the Government delegation in your Country during a trade exhibition
gave your enviable credentials/particulars to me. Though, for security
reasons, I did not disclose the nature of this business to him. I have
decided to seek a confidential cooperation with you in the execution of the
deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will
keep it as a top confidential because of its nature.

Within the Angola national petroleum corporation where I work and with the
cooperation of two other top officials, we have in our possession as
overdue payments bills totaling ($140,500,000) One Hundreds Fourty
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars which we want to transfer abroad
with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual to
receive the said funds on our behalf or a reliable foreign company account
to receive such funds. More so, Because of illegal Money transfer that are
going on in Angola by Top Government Officials, we are handicapped in this
circumstances, as the Angola Code of Conduct has prohibited us from owning
or operating foreign /offshore account hence your importance in the
transaction.

This amount $140,500,000Million represents the balance of the total
contract value executed on behalf of my Ministry by a foreign firm, which
we the officials over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract
cost have been fully paid to the original contractor, leaving the over
invoiced balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in principles
gotten approval to remit by Telegraphic transfer (TT) to any foreign bank
account you will provide by filing in an application in the Justice
Ministry here in Angola for the change of transfer of rights and privileges
of the former contractor to you. Also all the Legal documentation will be
obtain and send across to you for your perusal before the final transfer of
the fund to your account.

I have the authority of my partners to propose that should you be willing
to assist us in the transaction your share of the sum will be 30% of the
$140,500,000million, 65% for us and 5% for miscellaneous expenses. The
business itself is 100% safe/risk free on your part provided you treat it
with utmost confidentiality by keeping this dealing within only yourself.

Endeavor to contact me immediately through these my e-mail :
depts.transfer@accountant.com .

I want to assure you that my partners and I are in a position to make the
payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a strong assurance
that our share will be secured. Because we will not comprehend with any
form of exposure as we are still in active Government Service. Also,
Remember that time is of the essence in this business because if all things
being equal, we expect to conclude this transaction and the fund confirm in
your account within the next 4 to 6 bank working days.



Engr. Kandiwapa Thomas
depts.transfer@accountant.com

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