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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.Henry Ndlovu" <hjhggi567@att.net>
Reply-To: henryndlovu1974@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:50:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I NEED UR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER US$12,000,000.00 OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES






From: Mr.Henry Ndlovu

Area Manager's Office

Member of Employment Equity Committee

First National Bank of South Africa

Email: henryndlovu1974@gmail.com

I am Mr. Henry Ndlovu, the Area Manager's
Office and member of the Employment Equity Committee of First National Bank of
South Africa (FNB). I got your contact address from your country's trade
journal and your impressive and managerial profile made me to solicit for your
partnership in these regards. Frankly speaking, you are the only person that I
have contacted in this confidential business transaction with believe that you
will not let me down in this proposition. I understand that we haven’t met each
other before nor speak on phone. I wish to let you know that after going
through some old files in the records I have with Equity Account Department, I
discovered that there is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since the
year 1996, nobody has operated on this account nor reactivates it to transfer
the funds out of South Africa.

The owner of this account is late Mr. Jerome
N. Snaga from Angola but was residing here in South Africa as a Non-resident, a
foreigner and a miner at the Anglo Gold Platinum Mining Company in Mafikeng, a
geologist by profession who died since 1996 and up to date, no other person
knows about this account or anything concerning it. The account has no
beneficiary because he opened it as investment account and my investigation
proved to me that the company where he worked before his died does not know
anything about this account and the amount involved is US$12 MILLION DOLLARS
(TWELVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)

I need your strong assurance, trust and
confidence that this fund will be safe once we join heirs together and execute
this opportunity for our leaders of tomorrow (Our Children’s). With my position
now in the office and having the certificate of deposit of the deceased fund, I
can change the Ownership of the deceased fund in your name as a Non-resident of
South Africa and Next of Kin’ to inherit the fund in the absence of late Mr.
Jerome N. Snaga of Angola.

I have the tendency of investing my own share
of the money in your country under your sound supervision and management with
good capital returns according to your advice and rest assured that no risk of
any kind are involved in having this opportunity until we accomplished our aim
immediately I change the Ownership of the deceased fund in your name as the
inheritor.

Following the above mentioned, I have decided
to share with you 60-40 in this opportunity that comes out of my department.
You will be entitled to have 40% of the fund while 60% is for me and you will
assist me to invest it in your country immediately you agree to work with me in
finalizing this transaction. Please note; I urge you to maintain the confidentiality
of this transaction to enable easy and smooth transfer of this money out of
South Africa upon having the fund in your name as the Next of Kin.

Truly yours,

Mr. Henry Ndlovu

Area Manager's Office

Member of Employment Equity Committee

First National Bank of South Africa.

Email: henryndlovu1974@gmail.com


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