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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: nelson moleketi <nelsonmoleketi_10@msn.com>
Reply-To: <eng.nelsonmoleketi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:04:35 +0000
Subject: (Letter)Nelson Moleketi



FROM THE
DESK OF CHAIRMAN CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE

CSA: SALOC
116 COTZ STR, SANDTON, AVENUE JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH, AFRICA.

Phone: +27780113879
Fax: 27865695198

Email: eng.nelsonmoleketi@gmail.com

Attn
President/Ceo

I hope you
are fine today.

I am Eng Nelson
Moleketi Accountant Attaché to the 2010 Local Organizing Committee in the Republic of South Africa.

As you ought
to know, our country just concluded 2010 FIFA soccer world cup which gave
us a lot of projects and business opportunities for the past 4 years.

Meanwhile, my
colleague and I as a committee in charge of completion of most of the NEWLY
BUILT STADIUMS. We need your assistance to transfer and secure in your overseas
account the sum of US$47,000,000.00 (Forty Seven Million United States
Dollars) which is an over-invoiced amount from the completion of the contract.

This amount
is currently in a coded account in the National Treasury of South Africa
because the original contract sum of US$430,618,000.00 has been paid to
the foreign and local contractors that executed the projects.

However,
by virtue of our position as members of the South African Local
Organizing Committee (SALOC) in charge of various contracts, we are not
allowed to operate foreign accounts or acquire the over-invoiced amount in
our names here in South Africa

Therefore, I
have the mandate of my colleague to arrange with you as a foreign partner
so that the US$47,000,000.00 (Forty Seven Million United Sates Dollars
Only) will be transferred to any of your personal or company bank account oversea.
We have agreed to give you 20% of the total sum while the rest will be shared
among my fellow members on equal proportion.

As you may
wish to know, all arrangements have been made for the processing of the
claim and immediate wire of the fund to your bank account within 7 working
days. After the transfer, I will quickly fly to your country to enable us share
the fund in accordance with the agreed terms.

If
you have the interest to handle this deal with me, kindly reverse to
me urgently and we shall discuss in further details, also endeavour to
send me your contact information for immediate communication

Thank you
for your anticipated co-operation

I need your
urgent reply

Yours
Sincerely

Eng Nelson Moleketi

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