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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: Mr Bosman Nelieb <kkabila02@tatanova.com>
Reply-To: Mr Bosman Nelieb <bosman_nelieb@yahoo.co.in>
Date:
Subject: From Mr. Bosman Nelieb

Greetings from South Africa and Merry Christmas,

How are you and your family I hope that you are all okay? I want to
ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and
honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing
bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this

money,
even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will
remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in

you
and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in
future.
I am Mr Bosman Nelieb, the Head of International banking department, in
one of the biggest bank here in South Africa. During the course of our
auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank
in 1996 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again, after
going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner

of
the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and
if
I
do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The
owner of this account Mr. Victor Ratnavale a British, who unfortunately

lost
his life in the plane crash of Swiss Air Flight Number 111 which crashed

on
2nd September 1998, including his wife. You shall read more news about

the
crash on visiting this site;
http:www.newscotland1398.net/lunenco/swissbaysw.html. No other person

knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as

well that
the account is a secret account.
The total amount involve is Eighteen million Six Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars only [$18,600,000.00] and we wish to transfer this money
into a safe foreigners account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner; I
am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local person here, but to a foreigner who has information

about
the account, which I shall give to you upon your positive response. I am
revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down
in this
business, you are the first and the only person that I am contacting for

this
business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next

step to
take urgently.I need your strong assurance that you will never let us

down,
me and a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this
business.
I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate
Arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money

leaving
no trace to any place. I will use my position and influence to obtain

all
legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with
appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 70% will be for us. Further details await your earliest reply.
PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
For security reasons, I expect your response of interest through this my
private email address I wait to receive your response to this mail as
soon as you receive this mail.
Best Regards,

Mr. Bosman Nelieb


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