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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: "Mohd Ahmed Ali Yussof" <aliyussofmohdahmed@outlook.com>
Reply-To: aliyussofmohdahmed@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:09:16 +0300
Subject: Confidential Business Investment


FROM: Mr. Mohd Ahmed Ali Yussof, The Chief Auditing officer of First Nation=
al Bank of South Africa contract head office. Telephone: +27 743 296 199 FA=
X: +27 86 558 2446. E-mail: aliyussofmohdahmed@gmail.com ATTN: Managing Dir=
ector, C.E.O., Dear Sir, Confidential Business Investment. With all due res=
pect sir. I, Mr. Mohd Ahmed Ali Yussof, and my colleague =96 Mr. William A.=
Fredericks: We have picked-up trust and courage to look for a reliable and=
honest person like you who will be capable for this important business tra=
nsaction believing that you will never let us down either now or in the fut=
ure since you have a reliable company you are involved with. My name is Moh=
d Ahmed Ali Yussof, the chief Auditing officer of First National Bank of So=
uth Africa in charge of contract files related to First National Bank. Ther=
e was a contract executed in this bank in August 20, 2012 and since then ti=
ll this year 2016, nobody has claimed this outstanding fund below. The cont=
ract which was originally valued for Four hundred and twenty million United=
States dollars (US$420,000,000.00), and was manipulated to read Five hundr=
ed and Forty-eight Million Nine Hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$=
548,900,000.00) the extra $128,900,000.00 is what we want to transfer to yo=
ur company=92s or your personal account etc. This contract has been complet=
ely executed and the contractor=92s has been fully paid all their contract =
bills remaining this US$128,900,000.00 only waiting for approval and foreig=
n account to transfer into. This contract fund is from National Petroleum C=
orporation of Namibia (NPCN), South Africa National Oil Company (SANOC) and=
First National Bank (FNB) of South Africa =93Awards Hypercom Contract for =
Networking Technology and the construction of 9000KM fuel pipeline was buil=
t from (Republic of Namibia=92 a country here in the Southern Africa to Dur=
ban province and Gauteng province) here in South Africa to transport 7 bill=
ion cubic litres of petrol, diesel and jet fuel a year in South Africa in 2=
008 through expatriate companies in Malaysia and Iran under First National =
Bank (FNB), National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NPCN) and South Afri=
ca National Oil Company (SANOC). After going through some old files in the =
records in my office, we discovered that this fund (US$128,900,000.00) was =
made up from over invoice of miscalculation of this contracts. If we transf=
er this fund into your company=92s or your personal account, the contracts =
file will be closed down immediately with no trace of investigation. Dear f=
riend, we discovered if we do not remit this fund out with your efforts urg=
ently, the bank and this government will recover this money back=92 and it =
would be forfeited for nothing into government account. Nobody has operated=
this contracts file since 5years and no other person knows about this fund=
(US$128,900,000.00) except me and my colleague; and I was mandated in trus=
t by my colleague, to seek a foreign partner into whose account we could tr=
ansfer this over-inflated sum of US$128,900,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-=
eight Million Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) hence I am =
to contact you. If interested, you will be required to:- (1) Advise us on l=
ucrative areas of investment etc. (2) Assist us in purchase of properties o=
r investing our share of the fund. Subject to formal partnership agreement =
contract, we are prepared to share this fund with you on the following term=
s: 30% will be for you. 10% for transaction expenses that will be made from=
both ends. 60% for I and my colleague to invest in any Country=92 under yo=
ur close supervision. If you are interested in dealing with us on these ter=
ms, please let us know and we will make you a formal offer to partner with =
us and forward to you the proposed strategy or plan of transfer of the fund=
(US$128,900,000.00). In your reply, please include your direct telephone, =
Mobile, email address and Fax numbers for future closer communications. I k=
now that this proposal will come to you as a surprise as we don=92t know ou=
rselves before, however, we based our move on trust and God=92s directives;=
we still have to meet possibly, sign some agreement before the final trans=
fer of the fund (US$128,900,000.00) into any of your chosen designated bank=
account. Note: This message is being sent to you as a statement of confide=
ntiality and non-disclosure!! Thanks for your anticipated participation and=
acceptance. So call me +27 743 296 199 Email: aliyussofmohdahmed@gmail.com=
We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solicit absolut=
e confidentiality from you in this transaction; please do feel free to cont=
act me after office hours starting at =934:00PM=92=92 my time here. Regards=
, Mr. Mohd Ahmed Ali Yussof, Telephone: +27 743 296 199 FAX: +27 86 558 244=
6 E-mail: aliyussofmohdahmed@gmail.com=20

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