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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrgmodise12@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- me immediately for details. you can reach me on email: (mrgmodise12@gmail.com & mrgmodise@consultant.com (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- mrgmodise@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GM <dbantuz@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrgmodise12@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 22:59:05 +0200
Subject: Partnership

Greetings

Business Compliment.

Please permit me to introduce myself. My name is George Modise. I earn a
living in the oil industry as an independent Feasibility/Project
Management Consultant. I consult with oil refineries and industries in
Southern African, East Africa and some parts of Asia. We are based in
Johannesburg RSA. Our mandate includes identifying specific licensed crude
oil Export/marketing firms and recommends these firms to the oil refineries
for supply of crude oil to the refineries. On my desk right now, there is a
mandate from one of the refineries to arrange for crude oil purchase from
Libya for up to 2,000,000 barrels on monthly bases for 12 calendar months.

The essence of my reaching out to you is the fact that I am in the process
of building a middleman structure to mediate between the 2 parties
involved (the SELLER and the BUYER) before the contract is signed. You may
be wondering why I cannot do it by myself right? The honest fact is that as
a consultant to these oil refineries, we are not allowed to act as
suppliers of crude oil to them as well, hence the reason I need a
trustworthy person outside my work circle in order to maintain a discreet
profile.

I wish to extend this mutual partnership to you my friend, to build a
middleman structure with you, while I work from the back to guide you.
Our commission/brokerage as middle persons is between $2 - $3 per-barrel as
the case may be. So if the target of 2M barrels is met monthly, we stand
to share $4M - $6M every month for a span of 12 months with possible
extension. Worry less about the speedy sales as I have contacts within oil
producing country's top officials for license of crude oil export/lifting
to any firm I so present for this business.

Therefore if you can handle this transaction with honesty and
integrity, you should get back to me immediately for details. You can reach
me on email: (mrgmodise12@gmail.com & mrgmodise@consultant.com
<mrgmodise12@gmail.com%20%20&%20mrgmodise@consultant.com>). Include your
phone number as your urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. George Modise

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