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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: Speed Post <offlinex00x@gmail.com>
Reply-To: geomudon@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:00:09 +0200
Subject: AGENCY

Dear Sir/Ma.

My name is Mr. George Mudumela" a senior government official in
Department of Public Works & Housing for the Republic of South Africa
and the Chief of Staff in charge for contracts awards execution and
supervision of all contracts in the Ministry of works & Housing. In
2017, I personally monitored and supervised the awarded contracts for
supplies of building materials and constructions of ultra modern
shopping malls, low cost housing units, airports maintenance and
Stadiums to Improve the standard of leaving in this country, In the
Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Natal and Gauteng provinces here in South
Africa.

My colleague and I serving in the board deliberately inflated and over
invoiced the contract sum, leaving an excess of US$30, 000,000.00
(Thirty Million United States Dollars Only). At the completion of the
contract, the real contract sum was paid to the original contractors,
leaving the excess, which we reported to the Government that it
belonged to the sub-contractor that handled part of the original
contract. But the company we submitted as the beneficiary was
non-existing foreign company, which was a purported attempt by us to
divert the money for our private use. I do not intend to mince words
with you, I have to tell you the truth; this is a deal but completely
risk-free and genuine because the contract has been perfectly and
genuinely executed and completed. It depends on whether you are
interested or not.

Right now this amount is due for payment and is floating in the
treasury not attached to anyone/company. We are only two people who
know the origin of this fund. But we cannot claim it by ourselves
because we are civil servants therefore we are looking for a
trustworthy foreign company / individual whose name can be used to
claim this money for our mutual benefit.

This is strictly a business deal, but it’s completely risk-free and
secure because we will use our official positions to source all the
necessary approvals, official documents and certificates that will
back up the fund to reflect that you/your company genuinely executed
and completed the contract. All necessary arrangements have been put
in place in all the relevant departments for immediate approval of
this payment.

For your co-operation, we have agreed to offer you 2.5% of the entire
amount on conclusion of the transaction while 75% will be for us.
Please if you are interested in this proposal, I want you to respond
immediately through my personal email & telephone number stated below
for further information and directives.

This transaction is expected to be completed within 7 or 10 work days
and is highly confidential and discreet. Thank you for your
co-operation. Your urgent reply is awaited through my private email
accounts below.

Best Regards,

Mr. George Mudumela.
Private Email: geomudoni@gmail.com
(Department Of Public Works (S.A)

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