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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. John Weiss" <jw1206270@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <jw120538@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 03:03:06 -0300
Subject: From Mr. John Weiss


From Mr. John Weiss Tel: +27-631453756 My Dear Friend, Thi=
s proposal might come to you as a surprise since it is from someone you do =
not know or had meant before, I had to contact you believing that you are a=
reputable person and as such you cannot run away with my own share of the =
money at the conclusion of this transaction, i promise and assure you that =
it's 100% risk free. I am Mr. John Weiss, the director, and coordina=
tor of Finance and Contract Department of the Minerals and Energy with Sout=
h African Government. The crux of this letter is that the finance/contract =
department of the DME deliberately over-inflated the contract values of the=
various contract awarded. In the course of disbursement of the original co=
ntract value, my office was able to track down the sum of US$34 Million Dol=
lars as the over-invoiced sum. This money is now floating in the DME domici=
liary account with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). I and my =
colleagues now want to quickly transfer this fund to a safe nominated forei=
gn account for possible investment abroad. We are not allowed as a matter o=
f government policy to operate any foreign account because of our status as=
civil/public servants. Hence the needs to solicit for a partner abroad to =
enable us transfer this money into your foreign bank account. Upon your acc=
eptance of this proposal, we have also agreed on a sharing ratio of; =
1. 25% for you as the account owner 2. 70% for I and my colleagues 3. 5%=
will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally and inter=
nationally during the course of this transaction, which will be shared at t=
he end of the transaction according to each parties input. Furthermo=
re, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is finally in yo=
ur account and we shall be relying on your advice as regards to the investm=
ent of our share. Be informed that this business is genuine and 100% safe c=
onsidering the high powered government officials involved. Please do=
send to me below stated details which will be used to apply to the bank fo=
r the release of the said amount. (1) Your Full Names, =
(2) Your Full Address, (3) Your Telephone Number, =
(4) Age, (5) Occupation, This is to effe=
ct the swift transfer of this fund into your account in less than 14 workin=
g days. Contact me strictly via my email address or my private phone number=
, while looking forward to a healthy business relationship with you. =
Yours Faithfully, Mr. John Weiss Email: jw120538@gmail.com Tel: +=
27-735568592 =20

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