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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: Chris Chabane <chrischabane01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:00:49 +0200
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP


Hello dear,



I want you to consider this message as a request for business relationship,
I would like you to reply back to me after going through the message, and
we are willing to partner with you in a long lasting business relationship.
I am the financial advisor of former ESKOM HOLDING SOUTH AFRICA director
Mr. Brian Molefe.You can view link(
https://www.biznews.com/sa-investing/2016/11/02/eskom-brian-molefe-gupta-state-capture)
we have sum magnitude amount of ($) which I will like to move out of the
country for safety and investment purpose. I need a good partner, someone I
can trust to actualize this venture. As you may know, my country is going
through a rough time of corruption among political office holders and
everyone in connection with the Gupta’s family dealings in South Africa. I
will want to move the funds ($) urgently out of the country for safety
reasons.



Kindly respond to this letter for more details if you consider it
interested. My contact no: +27-78-546-7310.

Sincerely,

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