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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: Matteaw Modise <matteawmodise9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: matteawmodise@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:25:05 +0200
Subject: OFFICIAL LETTER 12/03/2018.


STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

From: Matteaw Modise.

Email:*matteawmodise2@gmail.com <matteawmodise2@gmail.com>*

Tel: +27 63 267 1953.



Dear Sir/Madam,



I know this mail will come to you as a surprise, please do not be skeptical
as it’s for good purpose. I would respectfully request that you keep the
contents of this mail private as I contact you independently and not on
behalf of my ministry.



I am a Senior Director at the Department of Mineral Resources Republic of
South Africa; also a member of Contract Tender Committee. I am currently in
need of a foreign partner whose identity can be used to transfer some huge
sum of money out my country for overseas investment. This fund emanated
from an over-invoiced contract payment which was awarded to a foreign
contractor in the year 2014 and completed in 2015.



What I am proposing to you in this letter is to present you as a partner to
the contractor who executed the said contract, so that you will make
official application to my Ministry to claim the outstanding over invoiced
amount. I will guide and direct you on every step required to achieve this
objective, if this money is not claimed it will be re-assigned to the state
treasury and nobody benefits from this.



Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime opportunity for us. I hold the
KEY to these funds, and certainly we see so much cash and funds being
re-assigned daily to state treasury when funds like this is not claimed.



I am sending you this letter not without a measure of fear as to the
consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained
and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. Do not
betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly on
this. Please get back to me as soon as possible if you are interested in my
proposal so that we can discuss the terms and working modalities for the
successful execution of this project.



The source of this fund emanated from an over-invoiced contract project
which was awarded to a foreign company and has been duly completed and
commissioned; the actual contract amount has been paid while the
over-invoiced amount of US$32,000,000.00 still appears unpaid.



In order for us to claim this fund, I would need your consents to present
you as the beneficiary of the unclaimed sum as I had mentioned earlier;
before we proceed we will enter into a written agreement which will be
legally binding to both of us.



I will gazette your name or company name with your personal information
into the database of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and all
documentations that will reflect on the contract documents will be back
dated to show that you are an accredited foreign contractor with our
ministry. This will help to secure a contract completion certificate in
your favor for the release of the outstanding unclaimed sum of
US$32,000,000.00.

As soon as we complete the signing of the MOU, I will immediately push to
secure the contract completion and Merit Award certificate in your name and
send copy to you. The entire process will take less than 14 working days if
we move swiftly from the time the MOU is signed by us.



Also I want you to know that I have inside contacts that will facilitate
the approval of this fund from our ministry and also I have a solid contact
at the ministry of finance where the final approvals will be made for the
release of the fund to you. All process are legitimate and in line with the
contractual law of the republic of South Africa.



All I need is your honesty and commitment to actualizing this dream for
both of us. I shall be sending you copy of my ID in return with the
completed signed MOU document as soon as we are through with it.



As soon as fund is confirmed in your account, the sharing ratio will be,
20% (US$6,400,000.00) to you as commission for your co-operation and
assistance in facilitating the transfer, 1% for any taxation fee that might
occur during the course of this transfer while the remaining 79%
(US$25,280,000.00) will be for me, Once the fund hit your account, you are
allowed to withdraw your commission. As I plan to invest the fund
overseas, I would appreciate your advice on viable investments areas in
your country.



Please contact me back via email or fax if you are interested to work with
me in actualizing this project.



Regards,



Mr. Matteaw Modise

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