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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: "MR. T.B MOTHIBI" <web@gibtelecom.net>
Reply-To: <Infozodiacfinancialloans@webmail.co.za>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:33:07 +0800
Subject: Good Day

SUBJECT: CONFIDENTIAL
Telephone: +27 8451 7551
Private email: Mr.Thabo.Mothibi.private@gmx.com

Hello,

After my official enquiry from the foreign trade office of the chambers
of
commerce & industry
here in Johannesburg South Africa, I decided to contact you but I did
not
disclose the intention to anyone else because of the delicate nature of
the
project and decided to reach you directly to
solicit for your assistance and guidelines in making a business
investment
and transfer of GBP £29,700,000.00(twenty Nine million Seven Hundred
thousand Pound Only) to your country within the next few days.

Please, I must plead for your confidence in this transaction. I work
with
the Department of
(Agriculture. land reform& rural development) in Johannesburg. I am
currently in need of a silent
foreign partner whose identity we can use to transfer this sum of
money.
But at this moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this
profitable business investment until I get your
response by email, This fund accrued from over inflated contract
executed
by foreign contractors, through our private connections. The fund is
presently waiting to be remitted from a commercial bank in South
Africa.

By virtue of my positions as civil servants in my country I cannot
acquire
this money in my name. Because as high placed civil servant, I am not
allowed by the civil service code of conduct to own or operate bank
accounts outside of our shores. On the other hand, it is not safe for
us to
keep the money here due to security reason. I have decided to look for
an
overseas silent partner who could work with me to facilitate transfer
of
this fund for our mutual benefit, hence the reason for this email.

My proposal is that after you receive the funds, it would be shared as
follows: 30% to you as
Commission for your co-operation and assistance in facilitating the
transfer, while the remaining
50% belongs to me. You will be free to take out your commission
immediately after the money
hits your account in your country. Since our objective is to invest the
money in a foreign country, it would be appreciated if you could also
help
us with advices and direction on investing into
profitable ventures in your country.

The funds are with a commercial bank special account and I can send you
details of the account to convince you that this transaction is real.
All
we need to do is give you an approval from the ministry and you email
the
approval for transfer of the funds to the bank and the funds will be
Processed and transferred into your bank account. If you can handle
this
please forward to me
your contact details.

Regards,
MR. T.B MOTHIBI
www.agrinc.gov.za
本信件內含友旺科技之機密資訊,非收信人若錯誤收受此信件,請告知發信人並消除此郵件,<br />此外,資料之蒐集、處理及使用必須符合個人資料保護法,如有違反,應擔負我司因此所受之損害。<br />The privileged confidential information contained in this email is intended for use only by the addressees as indicated by the original author of this email.<br />If you are not the addressee indicated in this email or are not responsible for delivery of the email to such person,<br />please kindly reply to the sender indicating accordingly and delete all copies of it .<br />Please refer to http://www.abocom.com.tw/security.html for the details.<br />In addition, all the information collected, processed and used by you shall comply with Personal Information Protection Act .<br />In event of any breaches aforementioned, our company shall be held harmless against all damages, costs,expenses and losses.
本信件內含友旺科技之機密資訊,非收信人若錯誤收受此信件,請告知發信人並消除此郵件,<br />此外,資料之蒐集、處理及使用必須符合個人資料保護法,如有違反,應擔負我司因此所受之損害。<br />The privileged confidential information contained in this email is intended for use only by the addressees as indicated by the original author of this email.<br />If you are not the addressee indicated in this email or are not responsible for delivery of the email to such person,<br />please kindly reply to the sender indicating accordingly and delete all copies of it .<br />Please refer to http://www.abocom.com.tw/security.html for the details.<br />In addition, all the information collected, processed and used by you shall comply with Personal Information Protection Act .<br />In event of any breaches aforementioned, our company shall be held harmless against all damages, costs,expenses and losses.

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