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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: danyelalan@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:36:32 +0200
Subject: A next of kin needed to claim wealth



I am Mr. Alan Danyel, a banker who works with a local bank here in South Africa. I am the account officer to a foreigner who is a Citizen of your Country, he worked for the Petrochemical Support Services Company of South Africa.

My client was involved motor accident on the 16th of January, 2001 and later that same day he died. Since then I have made several inquiries to your country's Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, but this has proved unsuccessful.

I have also visited your Country in search of his relatives early this year but still could not locate his relations. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you today privately as a total stranger, with hope that you are a reliable and trustworthy person, to help, or find a trustworthy individual that will assist and secretly secure the money left behind b! y my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by his Bank since the mandatory five year waiting period, allowed by South African law, has expired. It is important that my contact
be somebody who can in no way be identified with me in order to avoid suspicion of insider dealing.

Particularly, the Bank were the deceased had an Account valued at about $USD 33.5 Million Dollars has issued me an urgent notice yesterday to provide the next of kin or have the Account confiscated within 10 working days, hence this is why I am contacting you. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased as you are also a foreigner(you just have to answer the same name with my client) so that the proceed of this Account valued at $USD 33.5 Million Dollars (Thirty Three million five hundred thousand united states dollars ),minus interest, can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money, 60% for me and 40% for you. You don?t need any experience to do this, I have all necessary legal documents that will be used to back up all claims we will make with your name.

All I require from you is your honest co-operation and full guarantee and assurance that you shall hand me over my 60% in good faith and also assist me in investing some of my share in a lucrative business in your country because I shall come over to your country immediately it is done.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, making it 100% risk free on your side. Expecting to hear from you soonest, by return e-mail to alan-danyel@hotmail.com or alternatively to this fax number: +27115075635 so that we can commence action immediately.

Best regards to you and your family.

I await your urgent response.

Mr. Alan Danyel
Tel:+27 829348807

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