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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: "Kungawo Botha" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bkungwa98@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 22:12:39 +0800
Subject: WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU

AM WRITING YOU THIS LETTER WITH A GOOD FAITH BELIEVING FULLY WELL THAT YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST ME IN REGARDS TO MY PAST INVOLVEMENT WITH THE OVERTHROWN SUDANESE GOVERNMENT.

MY NAME IS Kungawo Botha, I AM A 55 YEAR OLD SOUTH AFRICAN WHO LIVED AND WORKED IN SUDAN AS AN ENGINEER EXPATRIATE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE PRESIDENT OF SUDAN HIS EXCELLENCY ( OMAR AL-BASHIR ) DURING MY TIME WITH THE PRESIDENT, HE OWNED OUR COMPANY BUT TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, IT WAS AN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THOUGH WE DID GET MAJOR CONTRACTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT BUT 50% OF THE MONEY GOES BACK TO THE PRESIDENT AND 10% COMES BACK TO US FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. I WAS ALSO IN CHARGE OF SENDING THE PRESIDENT 50% RETURNS IN CASH. UNTIL SOME COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS OVERTHROWN BY THE
MILITARY DUE TO CIVIL UNREST FOR HE HAD RULED THE COUNTRY TOO LONG. I WAS IN POSITION OF $30,000,000 THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE TO THE PRESIDENT BEFORE THE MILITARY TAKE OVER.

RIGHT NOW,WE ARE ALL IN HIDING AS THE MILITARY IS SERIOUSLY LOOKING FOR ALL THE MINISTERS AND EXPATRIATES THAT WORKED WITH THE DEFUNCT GOVERNMENT.

COMING TO THE MAIN REASON WHY I CONTACTED YOU, IS FOR US TO KNOW HOW WE CAN INVEST THE MONEY THAT WILL BE PROFITABLE FOR ME AND YOU SINCE I'VE VIRTUALLY LOST EVERYTHING IN SUDAN ASIDE THE SUM OF $30M I WAS ABLE TO FERRY OUT TO SOUTH SUDAN THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIANS STATE AND VERY SAFE.THE MONEY I DEPOSITED IN A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY THAT IS NOT AWARE THAT THE REAL CONTENTS ARE CASH AS IT WAS DEPOSITED BY ME AS FAMILY VALUBALES AND ARTIFACTS.

THE SECURITY COMPANY HAS AN AFFILIATED BRANCH IN ANOTHER SUB REGION OF THE WEST AFRICAN CONTINENT, GHANA WHERE THEY HAD SHIPPED ALL THEIR MAJOR CONSIGNMENTS IN THEIR VAULTS TO.

APPARENTLY I CANNOT TRAVEL TO ANYWHERE OR MAKE ANY MOVE OUT OF WHERE I AM HIDING UNTIL A VERY LONG TIME WHEN I SEE THAT THINGS HAD SETTLED DOWN A BIT.

PLEASE IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH ME IN THIS BUSINESS,I WILL LIKE IT TO REMAIN BETWEEN THE TWO OF US. BECAUSE I WILL NOT WANT TO EXPOSE MYSELF OR ATTRACT ANY FORM OF ATTENTION. THAT IS WHY ALSO I NEED SOMEBODY OUTSIDE AFRICA TO INVEST THE MONEY WITH.PLEASE SEND YOUR EMAIL RESPONDS TO THIS EMAIL ( bkungwa98@gmail.com )

KINDLY STUDY THIS PROPOSAL AND SEE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO WORK WITH ME?

CASH HOARD IN SUDAN https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47997729

SUDAN MILITARY COUP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

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