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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: "kenneth Bello" <mrkennethbello4@msn.com>
Reply-To: bellokenneth2004@yahoo.it
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:15:45 +0000
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGE MY MAIL ( Mutual Benefit )

ACKNOWLEDGE MY MAIL ( Mutual Benefit )
MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
THE DIRECTOR AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, S.A.
Mezzanine Floor,
First National Building,
37 Adderley Street
Cape Town, South Africa
Reply To:bellokenneth222@jmail.co.za


Dear Friend,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this
proposal, Which I believe would be of great interest to
you. I am Mr.Kenneth Bello, a Banker with first national
Bank of South African,Randburg-Johannesburg branch.A client
of ours,A Director General in Gold
and Mining firm deposited a large sum of money in our
branch,the funds has being lying in this Bank without
anyone to claim the funds for a very long time now.

Few months before his death, we sent a written message to
him through his office, explaining the duration of the
funds and concerning his policies that needs to be renewed
without but we received no reply.The bank has decided to
cancel everything about him, as our law stipulated that
funds not claim after five years of beneficiary\'s deceased
are to be confiscated into the government treasurer.

Eventually, it resulted into my supervision,as I and my
Boss became the persons in-charge of the confiscation
process. My Director and I have managed to write off the
funds from the bank\'s records, while awaiting an
international assistance from a reliable businessman to
provide an offshore Bank account where the funds can be
release to as we are in partnership with a Western African
Bank to make this business a success.


The cash involve is $32,000,000 (Thirty Two Million United
States Dollars). You do not have to worry about the
implications as everything has been well taken care of.All
we want you to do is to assist by claiming the (next of
kin) to this said sum, all the necessary documents will be
provided to back-up the funds to make it a hitch free
operation. You shall malso source for good investment, so
that we can invest the money wisely. We have in mind to
establish a rewarding investment and good relationship with you.


As regards to your assistance, we are prepared to give you
a reasonable percentage for that to be discussed as soon as
we receive your reply. Also, we will pay for expenses
incurred in the course of this business. For the interest
of this business, do not hesitate to contact me immediately
you receive this message for more information. No other
person knows about this money apart from I, and the
director of the bank, so keep it confidential.

Contact me on: (bellokenneth222@jmail.co.za)and I will give you my
private fax number to avoid any loopholes. We await your
most urgent response.

Thanks and God bless,

MR. Kenneth Bello


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