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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: Gary Morolo <mrmo.garyp18016@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:50:38 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

#82 El Vilagio, Campbell Road DouglasDale
Johannesburg, South Africa

I trust you are well.
My reason for contacting you is, I want you to stand as my partner in order
to receive funds from me which we shall share and invest as would be agreed.

For introduction; I am representing a well positioned government
officials in-charge of contracts awards department.The funds in question
accrued from foreign contracts executed and paid for by the department.
The actual contract cost has been paid to the original contractor, leaving
the over-invoiced amount unclaimed which is what we want to transfer.

Also, your profession or business specialization does not matter with
regard to successful execution of this project as all we need is a
foreign national who we will present as beneficiary of the outstanding
amount and we will process the payment to his/her foreign account since we
cannot utilize a local citizen. There is no risk whatsoever involved as it
is a legitimate deal that will meet all legal requirements.

Kindly send your response to me if you are ready, capable and willing to
co-operate with me. The actual amount involved is 58m Dollars

Yours sincerely,
Gary Morolo

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