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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. Cassell Harrison" <cassellharrison@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <harrisoncassell001@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 21:45:11 -0300
Subject: From Mr. Cassel Harrison,


From Mr. Cassell Harrison Tel: +27-735568592 Emai: harrisoncassell001@=
gmail.com This proposal might come to you as a surprise since it is fr=
om someone you do not know or had meant before, I had to contact you believ=
ing that you are a reputable person and as such you cannot run away with my=
own share of the money at the conclusion of this transaction, i promise an=
d assure you that it's 100% risk free. I am Mr. Cassell Harrison, the di=
rector, and coordinator of Finance and Contract Department of the Minerals =
and Energy with South African Government. The crux of this letter is that t=
he finance/contract department of the DME deliberately over-inflated the co=
ntract values of the various contract awarded. In the course of disbursemen=
t of the original contract value, my office was able to track down the sum =
of US$34 Million Dollars as the over-invoiced sum. This money is now floati=
ng in the DME domiciliary account with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB=
). I and my colleagues now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe =
nominated foreign account for possible investment abroad. We are not allowe=
d as a matter of government policy to operate any foreign account because o=
f our status as civil/public servants. Hence the needs to solicit for a par=
tner abroad to enable us to transfer this money into your foreign bank acco=
unt. Upon your acceptance of this proposal, we have also agreed on a sharin=
g ratio of; 1. 25% for you as the account owner 2. 70% for I and my col=
leagues 3. 5% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both loc=
ally and internationally during the course of this transaction, which will =
be shared at the end of the transaction according to each parties input. =
Furthermore, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is fi=
nally in your account and we shall be relying on your advice as regards to =
the investment of our share. Be informed that this business is genuine and =
100% safe considering the high powered government officials involved. Pl=
ease do send to me below stated details which will be used to apply to the =
bank for the release of the said amount. (1) Your Full Names, =
(2) Your Full Address. (3) Your Telephone Number, (=
4) Age, (5) Occupation, This is to effect the swift=
transfer of this fund into your account in less than 14 working days. Cont=
act me strictly via my email address or my private phone number, while look=
ing forward to a healthy business relationship with you. Yours Faithfu=
lly, Mr. Cassell Harrison Tel: +27-735568592 Emai: harrisoncassell001@=
gmail.com =20

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