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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: "chris khumalo" <chriskhumalo77@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:01:34 +0200
Subject: Request For Next Of kIN

MR.CHRIS KUHMALO
DIRECTOR BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
NED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA

Dear Friend

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this
medium(Internet)has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it
because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of
communication .

However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be
treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all
what you may think of.
I am MR.CHRIS KUHMALO , THE DIRECTOR BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT FOREIGN
REMITTANCE DEPT.NED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA.

I am contacting you based on Trust and Confidentiality that will be attached
to this deal.
The Management and the Legal department of our bank ( NED BANK OF SOUTH
AFRICA )
in a recent meeting Last Week, Recommended that the account of SUSAN LEVY,
53,from Cuffley, Hertfordshire, who was one of the bank's depositor, should
be declared Dormant, confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank
Treasury according to NED BANK OF AFRICA
Banking and financial law.

She died in Bomb Blast in London, Terrorist Attacks on July 7TH 2005.the
bank is still unrelenting in it's bid to contact any of the relatives to
claim This money, you can confirm through this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4668245.stm

She is an account holder in my branch, She owns a dollar account with the
sum of US$18.6M (Eighteen Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only) deposited in a numbered account.


it happened that since her death, the next of kin of the dollar account
holder(the brother) or whom ever that is related to her has not show up for
claim

This is where I am interested on and this is where I want you to come in. I
want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will present you to
the bank with all revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents
that can be used to back up any claim that the bank may need the required
information that will back you up as next of kin to SUSAN LEVY then will
advise you exactly how we should handle it.

Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this
mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your
willingness to assist in this transaction.

The whole Procedures will last only 27 working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully Without trace even in future.

Please need the following:

1.YOUR FULL NAME

2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER

3.HOME ADDRESS

4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.

After successful conclusion of this transaction, we shall share the money
60-40.

Yours truly,

MR. CHRIS KUHMALO

_________________________________________________________________
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