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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 Johnson Zuma <johnson.zuma@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 22:24:55 +0200
Subject: Transfer of US$15,000,000.00


FIRST NATIONAL BANK
SOUTH AFRICA,

Good Day, I am Mr Johnson Zuma Auditor with First National Bank of South Africa {FNB} I have decided to send forward this proposal to you after some due deliberation. kindly permit me of my desire to inform you about the fund transfer of US$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million United States Dollars) into your reliable bank account as the sole NEXT OF KIN to my client, Dr. George Brumley Jr, foreign deceased customer of our bank and a renowned/retired medical doctor/surgeon from Atlanta USA. He opened a fixed deposit account,under my professional guidance, which he desire to fall, back no all through his retirement. He was killed with his entire family in a PLANE CRASH in Nairobi Kenya on Monday 21st July 2003.Click the website below and find out what happened to the Dr. George Brumley Jr and his entire family: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html] [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07
/20/kenya.crash/index.html]
After further investigation, l also discovered that Dr. George Brumley did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. l remember he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. Right now, Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is still lying in our bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the financial policy of my country, at the expiration of a numbers of years, these funds will revert to the ownership of the South African Government as unclaimed funds if nobody applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Dr. George Brumley so that you will be able to receive his funds. Should you be interested please send me your full names, brief description of your occupation, direct telephone and fax N
u mbers and I will prefer you to reply me on my personal e-mail address: (johnson.zuma@hotmail.com).Then [mailto:johnson.zuma@hotmail.com).Then] I shall provide you with more details of this transaction. Please also note that I am willing to offer you 35% of the total money for your assistance. Your earliest response to this proposal will be appreciated.
Be well and God Bless. Kind Regards,
Johnson Zuma
Email: johnson.zuma@hotmail.com [mailto:johnson.zuma@hotmail.com] [http://mail-us.gmx.com/fm07/cgi/g.fcgi/mail/new?&amp;to=jsn.zuma@yahoo.com]



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