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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: eskomholdingsssaaaaa@gmail.com
Reply-To: investmentsection2018@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 09:49:02 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS DEAL AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING


FROM OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT DEPARTMENT OF MINER=
ALS AND ENERGY REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Private Email:investmentsection2018=
@gmail.com Greetings, I have sent you this email many times but if you feel=
that you are not interested to help me out kindly let me know and if you a=
re ready to do this transaction with me,kindly send your Names and phone nu=
mber so that i will call you and tell you how the transfer will go. I am th=
e CEO / Chairman of contract award committee of Department of minerals and =
energy Republic of South Africa. It is my profound intention to contact you=
for this very important and highly confidential transaction for the transf=
er of US$35,000, 000,00 into your account. The (US$35,000,000.00) was the o=
verestimated balance from the contracts awarded to both foreign and local c=
ontractors the real contract value was US$120 million united states dollars=
, but it was over estimated to the tune of (US$155, 000, 000, 00) (One hund=
red and fifty five million United States dollars only). The contract has be=
en successfully executed by the contractors and their contract sum of (US$1=
20M) has been paid to them, leaving the overestimated balance of (US$35,000=
,000.00) United States dollars still pending at the bank. Right now, we are=
left with this over estimated balance of (US$35M) which is still floating =
at the escrow account in the South African reserve bank awaiting final paym=
ent to any reliable foreign bank account you may provide if you are interes=
ted to work with me in straight confident. I want to use this opportunity t=
o invest or buy business/properties in your country, I am therefore asking =
you to co-operate with me so that the fund will be released and transferred=
into your account. If you are interested in this my proposal, reply me so =
that we can negotiate your percentage before we can proceed however, when t=
he fund is transferred into your account over there, I shall obtain visa an=
d travel with my family over there for my own share and investment of this =
money. On receipt of your acceptance letter and a mutual agreement is reach=
ed between us, I will send to you all the vital documents relevant to this =
transaction for final transfer to your account. Finally, do send to me your=
direct phone number and your full names via my private email ID below for =
security and confidential reason. I am looking forward to hearing from you =
and working with you soon, bye for now and have a nice day. Thanks and Best=
Regards, Mr. Ricardo Allison, Private Email:investmentsection2018@gmail.com

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