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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: Philip Kashif <online2022982@telkomsa.net>
Reply-To: Philip Kashif <philipkashi60@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:37:23 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: Fr. Philip



























From Philip Kashif,

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Philip Kashif, former Head of logistics to former South Sudanese rebel leader Commander Riek Machar. For the fact that we haven’t met before, I must apologize for this unsolicited message, I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approaching an unknown person.

On December 2016 Commander Riek Machar, took us 4 of his men through Democratic Republic of Congo to negotiate on Arms deal in South Africa, we got arrested by South African government and were placed under house arrest together with South Sudanese rebel leader Commander Riek Machar, on December 13, 2016 in Pretoria.

Our release was followed with deporting us back to South Sudan before then, I have made deposit of (Twenty Two Million United States Dollars) US$22,000,000.00 with a Security and Finance company as foreign investor from your country. Now Commander Riek Machar had signed peace agreement to work with South Sudanese president Salva Kiir, and I came to seek asylum in South Africa.

I am seeking for your assistance to join me in retrieving and investing these funds in your country because I cannot be allowed to withdraw this deposit here without the help of someone from your country standing as an investor. This is genuine and do not involved any risk of any kind, I must then emphasize that this also is highly confidential transaction. You will have to tell me what percentage of the money you will want to get for the assistance you are about to give.

Therefore indicate with assurance of trust that you are not going to betray me so that we can move to actualize this opportunity together if you are interested.

Regards in sincerity,
Philip Kashif
Email: philipkashi60@gmail.com


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