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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: "Edward Zandile" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edwardzandile@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:48:52 +0200
Subject: From Director Project Implimentation with South African Anglo Gold Corporation


From: Director Project Implementation

South African Anglo Gold Corporation.

Edward Zandile.

Email: edward.zandile@yahoo.com.


Attn: Dear,

I am Mr Edward Zandile, Director Project Implimentation with South African Anglo Gold Corporation in Johannesburg South

Africa, and a member of the Contract Tenders Board (CTB) of the above Corporation.

Your esteemed address was reliably introduced to me by South Africa Chamber of commerce and industry in my search for a

reliable individual/ company who can handle a strictly confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a reasonable

sum of money to a foreign account.

The amount of money involved is [US$35,000,000.00]. This money has already been extracted from various contracts awarded by

this corporation, as a result of over-invoicing masterminded by the concerned officials involved, this has been drafted to

represent the final payment for a contract that has been executed to this corporation some years back. The money is now in

the South African Reserve Bank PLC awaiting to be claim.

Now is the optimum period to consumnate this fund, following the Presidential directive to all parasiticals to settle all

outstanding debts owed to both local and foreign contractors. In my last meeting with the officials involved, it was

unanimously agred that 30% of the total sum will be given to you, 60% will be for us, while 10% will be used to reimburse the

expenses that will be incurred in the processing of this transfer.

I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free as we have concluded every arrangement to protect the interest of

everyone involved, likewise all modalities for the successful transfer of this fund has been worked out with Ministry of

finance and the Reserve Bank of South Africa to facilitate the remittance of this fund to your designated account within 72

hours after your claim has been approved.

However, I would want to believe that you are honest enough and will not raise any misgiving actitude in any aspect of this

transaction, more importantly, that you will keep this transaction very confidential so as not to tarnish the confidence

reposed on these officials by the Government of South Africa. If this proposal is of interest to you, then kindly contact me

with this address(edward.zandile@yahoo.com) immediatly.

Please treat this information as confidential.

Thanks,

Warm Regard,

Edward Zandile,

Director Project Implementation.

South African Anglo Gold Corporation.

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