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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: sx <web70340@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 21:39:31 +0200
Subject: Urgent Message


Dear Sir.

I know this email will reach you as a surprise, but you need not to worry
as I’m using this as only secured and confidential medium available to
seek for foreign assistance and partnership in a business transaction which
is of a great benefit to both of us. It is with trust that I wish to
contact you on this matter concerning transfer of US$15.5m. I am *Mr.Sipho
Thomo* former CEO and a member of the Armaments Corporation of South Africa
(ARMSCOR) Contract Award Committee. Some time ago, a contract was awarded
to a foreign firm in South Africa by my Corporation.



The contract was deliberately over invoiced to the tune of US$15.5m United
States Dollars. The over-invoicing was a deal to benefit from the project.
The foreign contractor had completed the contract and has been paid. I now
want to transfer this money to overseas bank account. I assure you that
this transaction is 100% risk free as I have 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 Ministry of
finance and a commercial bank here in South Africa to facilitate the
remittance of this fund to overseas bank account within 72 hours after your
claim has been approved.



For your assistance, you will be offered 30% of the total sum. .As i
receive your Positive response, i will make a formal application for the
transfer of the fund into Your overseas bank account. It does not matter
whether your company or not does project of this nature described here. The
assumption is that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it
to other companies. More often than not, big trading companies or firms of
unrelated fields win major contracts and subcontract to more specialized
firms for execution of such contracts. Do not feel it strange about this
business proposal, in Africa that is the means big government officials get
their money for future hope of their families. Reply to this email



Address: *siphomk3@contractor.net
<https://3c-lxa.mail.com/mail/client/mail/mailto;jsessionid=1518FDBCF44DE82EDEDEC01C211189EA-n2.lxa15b?to=siphomk3%40contractor.net>*

Best Regards

Mr.Sipho Thomo

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