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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: williamaziki@mail.nextra.ro
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:55:40
Subject: My name is Mr.Smith.A.Mbeki,

31 Eugene Marais Avenue,
Constantia,
South Africa.
{CONFIDENTIAL}
Dear,

My name is Mr.Smith.A.Mbeki, and I work in the
International operation department in a Local Bank here in South
Africa.
On a routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary account
with a BAL. Of 36,000,000(Thirty Six Million USD)on further discreet
investigation, I also discovered that the
account holder has long since passed away (dead) leaving no
beneficiary to the account.
The bank will approve this money to any foreigner
becausethe former operator of the a/c is a foreigner and from Iraq in
particular and I am certainly sure that he is dead, andnobody will
come again for the claim of this money
A foreigner can only claim this money with legal claims to the
account Holder,therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction.

I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim
this money, But you will need to open an account where this can be
transferred.
If interested send your private Telephone No. And Fax number
including full details of the account to be used for the Deposit I
wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction as my
job and the future of my family would be jeopardized if it were
breached.
I want to assure you that the transaction is without risk if due
process is followed accordingly.
Finally I will give you 25% for your corporation.
Now I need the A/C information as below:
Bank Name:..........
Address of the Bank:...........
A/C No:.............
A/C Name:..............
Swift code: If any
Sort Code:if any.
Beneficiary Name:
I look forward to a favorable response.
Yours,
Mr.Smith.A.Mbeki.
NB: This my private email address for further contacts:
mrsmith.a.mbeki@uymail.com.



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NextraTelecom - companie din grupul Astral. http://www.nextra.ro/ntc

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