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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "cost of transfer" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- jtolofe@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@charlottemohler.com
Reply-To: jtolofe@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:40:18 +0100
Subject: Sir/Madam,

Sir/Madam,

Peace be unto you. I pray this message will get to you in good health amid the corona-virus pandemic.

I privately got your recommendation from your national galleria and with trust and confidence I am contacting you with Urgent, Confidential and Befitting business proposal. I was assigned by two of my colleagues to seek for a foreign partner who will assist us in providing a convenient foreign account in any designated bank for the transfer of$135,500,000.00 pending on our arrival in your country for disbursement accordingly. We are civil servants and at retirement period/age in the next couple of months hence we have decided to seal this deal NOW.

This amount resulted from a deliberate over-invoiced Contract Value awarded by our ministry - The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to an expatriate Company (American Machinery Inc) for supply of Agricultural Tractors and other Agricultural Machinery). The contract was executed and payment made to the expatriate Company, remaining the over-invoiced amount of $135.5 million, which we want to transfer NOW in your favor for disbursement among ourselves. The transfer of this money can only be possible with the help of a foreign Partner who will stand or to be presented as the beneficiary of the fund.

As a government official, we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts or to make foreign trips outside on official duty, hence the need to contact foreign partner (you). We have agreed that 35% of the total sum will be for you for providing the account while 5% will be set aside for the expenses incurred during the cost of transfer of the fund into your account while 60% will be reserved for us.

We hereby solicit for your assistance in providing a convenient offshore account where this fund would be transferred immediately. We intend coming over there once we are retirement from active service cum on the completion of this transfer to secure our own share of the money. For security reasons we demand that you keep his proposal and the entire transaction to yourself alone.

Be rest assured that the transaction is 100% risk free, therefore we require you to mail us the followings details, name and address and Banking Coordinates. I am on standby to give more details as you may require.

Note that the particular nature of your company's business is irrelevant to this transaction. If this transaction interests you, your urgent response will be appreciated via E-mail jtolofe@gmail.com

Looking forward to hearing from you soonest.

Regards,

John Tolofe

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