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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: "Mr. Phillip Nkosi" <auditornkosi@quickstat.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: auditornkosi@aol.co.uk
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:07:45 +0100
Subject: Proposal to stand as Next of Kin to Receive Bank Deposit


Mr. Phillip Nkosi

Please Reply to Email: auditornkosi@aol.co.uk

PROPOSAL TO APPLY FOR DORMANT MONEY

Compliments, with genuine, sincere Intentions I seek to make contact with you and acquaint myself with you for mutual benefit towards overcoming a Dilemma regarding certain funds left behind in an Investment Account by a client of a Bank here in South-Africa.
This proposal is for Mutual Financial Benefit and bears no risk or jeopardy to your good name, reputation and credibility
My name is Mr. Phillip Nkosi, an External Auditor attached to a Bank here in South-Africa.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of a bank, an American citizen who died in a plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers on board on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can view this website

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this customer, I personally have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds which has been with our branch for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to obtain a Letter of Probate Mandamus from the Johannesburg High Court to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up as his next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than Twelve years, because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through an Online Search when i was making a
research on a foreigner I will use in this great opportunity. I will inform you of your percentage after I receive a Favorable and positive feedback from you.

If you are Interested, please contact me with the following details;

[1] Your Names
[2] Telephone and Fax numbers,
[3] Your Physical Address,
[4] Your Age
[5] Your Occupation

I need the Information in order to obtain the very important Affidavits and Application Forms and Letter which I will send to you and inform you how to fill it in and forward to the Payment Committee responsible for providing Approval..

I will get in touch with you afterwards;

Thank you and Best Regards,
Mr. Phillip Nkosi,
Tel: 0027 73 728 6010

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