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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: nimrod nkosi <nimrodnkosi02@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 10:49:42 +0200
Subject: PLEASE RESPOND URGENTLY

Dear Sir,



*BUSINESS PROPOSAL*



I would like to firstly send you the best of wishes of good health and
success in your pursuits particularly through my proposal as contained in
this letter.



Before going into the details of my proposal, I must first solicit you to
treat this message with the utmost confidentiality, as this is required for
the success of the transaction contained in this message. A friend who
works with the South African chamber of commerce and industries assured me
of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of great
magnitude involving a pending financial transaction requiring maximum
confidentiality.



My colleagues and I are senior officials of South African Energy and
Mineral Resources Department who are interested in diverting some funds
that are presently floating in an account with a Notable Commercial Bank
here in South Africa. In order to commence this transaction, we solicit for
your assistance to enable us remit to your account the said floating funds.
We are determined to conclude this transfer before the end of our tenure in
office/next election.



This fund was accumulated through undeclared contract fund executed and
signed by my office; we the government officials set up companies and
awarded ourselves contracts that were grossly over-invoiced. The original
contractors who executed the original contracts associated with ours have
already been paid in full. My colleagues and I diverted this huge sum of
money which is presently floating in the account with the bank ready for
disbursement and would like to remit the fund to a reliable foreign partner
for disbursement and foreign investment. I have therefore been mandated, as
a matter of trust by my colleagues in the office, to look for a reliable
overseas partner into whose account we can transfer the sum of U.S.
$123,000,000.00 (One Hundred & twenty-three million, U.S. dollars). That is
why I am writing you this letter.



We have agreed to share the money to be remitted, if you agree with our
proposition as follows:



(i) 30% to the account holder (you).

(ii) 60% for us (the panel officials).

(iii) 10% to be used in settling all expenses to be incurred on the process
of getting this fund moved to your designated account.



We wish to invest our shares of the proceeds of this project in foreign
stock markets and other businesses, like estate and hotels in your country
till we are ready and able to have access to them without raising any
eyebrows here at home. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe and
risk-free. We intend to effect the transfer within fourteen (14) banking
days from the date of receipt of the following details from you:

1. Your complete names.

2. Address

3. Telephone and fax numbers

4. Your company's name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and the
account details into which the funds should be paid.



The above information will enable us to write letters of claim and job
description respectively. This way, we will use your company's name or your
name to apply for the payment. We are looking forward to doing this
transaction with you and we solicit for your utmost confidentiality in this
transaction. I will bring you into a more detailed picture of this
transaction when I hear from you.

Best regards,





Engr. Nimrod NKOSI

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