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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: "Yuri Du Preez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yuri_dupreez@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 13:42:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Life Changing Opportunity

Hello
 
I am Mr. Yuri Du Preez, a member of the South African Parliamentary Committee on works and
contracts. I got your contacts from our contractual leads database. My reason for contacting you is quite straight to the point. It is about an over invoiced contract payment and bulk petrochemical plant  equipments purchase which was made on behalf of the Anglo Gold Ashanti Ltd.
 
 
An excess amount of US$ 50,000 000.00 (Fifty Million United States Dollars) is now available to be transferred to any trusted bank account overseas. The Company that executed this Contract has since received their contract payment leaving behind the over-invoiced surplus of US$ 50,000,000.00 which was agreed upon. Are you interested in partnering with me to transfer the surplus amount out from South Africa to any country and bank account where you are sure it will be safe for investment?? If yes please respond to my email but if not, you may pass and delete my proposal from you email box.
I will be waiting to hear from you.
 
Best Regards,
 
Mr. Yuri Du Preez

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