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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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Fraud email example:

From: emmy amu <earthpair16@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:53:29 +0200
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME


Hi,

I am Mr Bheki Maduna, the Chief Financial director department of labour
here in South Africa. I am contacting you for a mutually beneficial
business with the belief that you will be flexible to go into business with
me without any slip ups. What you are about to read might sound fictitious,
but be rest assured that it is, in actual fact, genuine. I deliberately
over-invoiced some Federal Contracts awarded by the Government through our
recommendation. I have arrived at the opportunity to transfer this
over-drafted amount out of this country, as the original foreign
contractors have received their full payments leaving us with the
over-invoiced amounts. The total in my possession amounts is US$98 Million
(Nine eight million US Dollars). I inflated and over-invoiced the original
contracts and approved payments using my office and positions. Now that
original contractors have received full payments, the inflated amount needs
to be removed out of the country in order to eliminate suspicion from the
government during the next auditing of accounts and services of our Board.
I will not like to lose this money and be exposed here. I am contacting you
as a foreigner, in order to arrange with you the removal of this money from
here because I cannot be able to remove the money under my name,
considering restrictions guiding our civil service codes and conducts. This
money cannot be approved to a local resident, but can be approved to a
foreigner because the money, I want you to stand as a “Sub-Contractor”. I
shall present you as a sub-contractor to the original contractors and this
(US $98 Million) will be approved to your name or to your company name.

The money can be transferred to your bank account depending on your choice
and security concerns. A perfect transfer strategy and legal structures
would be put in place in your name, as I shall arrange back-up contract
documentations, and then apply claims. With my positions and influence
here, this money would be re-profiled to your favor and transferred to any
overseas bank account/s you will nominate, but with an assurance from you
that this money will remain safe in your custody pending my arrival to join
you for securing my share. After the transfer, all the documents relating
to the transferred money will be destroyed immediately the fund is
confirmed in your bank account in order to avoid future traces.

For your involvement in this project, you shall receive 50 % of the total
money. Feel free to call or email me for further discussions and guidance
on what is expected of you. I shall be counting on your sense of secrecy
and confidentiality, to avoid risky exposure, considering sensitivity of
this deal here. I am anxiously looking forward to your urgent response, so
I can start off.

Yours sincerely,
Mr Bheki Maduna.

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