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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. Paul Maroga" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paul_maroga@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:59:29 -0500
Subject: Very Urgent

FROM OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR,
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
REG NO 2002/015527/06
Email: pamaroga@outlook.comp

Your Urgent Attention,

Greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God, This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please, consider it as a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

My name is Mr. Paul Maroga, I am the CEO / chairman of contract award committee of Department of minerals and energy company LTD, republic of South Africa. The crux of this letter is that the Finance/Contract Department of the South African Department of minerals and energy company LTD deliberately over-inflated the contract values of various contract awarded.

I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account. In the course of disbursement my office was able to track down the sum of Thirty Five Million U.S Dollars ($35,000 000.00) as the over invoiced.

This money is now floating in the Department of minerals and Energy Company LTD domiciliary account with the Bank. I now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe nominated foreign account for possible investment abroad before the end of my tenure. I am not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any foreign account because of my status as civil/public servants.

Hence the needs to solicit for your full banking details, to enable me transfer this money into your account. I am rest assured we shall do it together. This is a risk free transaction. I will procure the Necessary documents in your favor. What this means is that Some relevant documents is going to be procured in your name which will make it easy for the money to transferred to you as the right Beneficiary.

For assisting me in transferring and safeguarding this fund, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum, and 60% is for me. You can open a new bank account where this fund will be transferred without further waste of time. According to South Africa law, at the expiration of my tenure the money will revert to the ownership of the South Africa Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Please, you should not see this as dishonest rather it will not be better for Corrupt Government officials in South Africa, who are bent on their own selfish interest, to utilize this advantage. However, I want you to be human and humane because I sincerely hope that this is the beginning of a fruitful relationship between you and me.

If you are interested, upon your response, send to me the Following:

1 Your full Name:
2 Your address:
3 Your Age:
4 Your private phone and fax number:

Also urgently needed for prompt discussions. Please Reply To My Private Email: [paulmaroga678@outlook.com]

My best regards,

Mr.PaulMaroga



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