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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: Cliff Thabani <cliffthabani06@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:39:02 +0200
Subject: Good day

Good day



I know this message will come to you as a surprise, though I will like
dealing with you in this business proposition if you indicate your full
interest after going through this proposal. I got your contact details on
my search in the email journal and decided to contact you to introduce this
business to you.

The truth is that this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, but I
choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest,
surest, and most secured medium of communication. However, this
correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such.

I am a Personal adviser to one of the ministers in the presidency of
Republic of South Africa during our past regime who is now going through
legal charges for corruption charges which I will not want to mention for
now for security reasons. I am contacting you in connection to this
proposal to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum amount of Four
Hundred and Fifty Million United States of American Dollars (usd450,
000.000.00) through your assistance only if you consider the proposal
interested after going through the proposal. As things may be, we cannot
invest the funds within the country nor to continue to lodge the funds
within the country for security reasons.

Meanwhile I will appreciate your kind response if you find this proposal
interesting after reading through it. We have agreed to offer you 15% of
the total amount for your assistance if everything goes well as we planned

Hope to hear from you for more details.

Regards,

Cliff Thabani.

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