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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: "James S.chambers" <sitholechambers@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 09:42:40 +0200
Subject: Financial Cooperation Request

Hello,

I trust you are well.
This is James, a friend and business partner in the making, writing to
you.

My reason for contacting you is, I want you to stand as my partner in order
to receive funds from me which we shall share and invest as would be agreed

For introduction; I am representing a well positioned government
official in-charge of contracts awards department here in South Africa
that awards contracts .The funds in question accrued from foreign
contracts executed and paid for by the department The actual contract cost
has been paid to the original contractor, leaving the over-invoiced amount
unclaimed which is what we want to transfer.

Also, your profession or business specialization does not matter with
regard to successful execution of this project as all we need is a
foreign national who we will present as beneficiary of the outstanding
amount and we will process the payment to his/her foreign account since we
cannot utilize a local citizen. There is no risk whatsoever involved as it
is a legitimate deal that will meet all legal requirements.

Kindly send your response to me if you are ready,capable and willing to
co-operate with me. Details on the actual amount involved and how to
achieve success within a reasonable time period shall be unveiled if your
response is yes.
Yours sincerely,

James Sitho

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