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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: First National Bank <admin@fnbbank-sa.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:30:29 +0200
Subject: Notice of Winning Payment


First National Bank of South Africa
Sandton City Complex
Johannesburg. 2146
Tel: +27-83-364-8399
Fax: +27-86-536-5458

Attn: IBRAHIM SULYMAN,

This is to notify you about the payment of your winning fund of €800,000.00
{Eight Hundred Thousand Euro} which you won through the Microsoft Promotion.

Attached is your Winning Certificate issued by Microsoft and The FNB Wire
Transfer Application Form which you need to fill and return back to us for
approval and subsequent transfer of your winning fund.

(Or simply provide the following information correctly if you are unable to
fill the attached form)


Payment Option A. (Swift Wire Transfer)

REFERENCE NUMBER: MSWINXPWISA79822

FILE No: FNB2010075608567

YOUR BANK NAME:
YOUR BANK ADDRESS:
CITY:
COUNTRY:
BANK TEL NUMBER:
BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NAME:
BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT NUMBER:
BENEFICIARY PHONE NUMBER:
SWIFT CODE OR ROUTING NUMBER:


Please allow up to 24-48 Hours for the Bank to process your payment after
you have sent your bank details. we shall contact you as soon as the payment
has been processed and cleared for transfer into your Nominated Bank
Account.

We hereby urge you to keep your winning information confidential to avoid
the complications of double claim.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr. John Maruno
Head of International Remittance Department
First National Bank of South Africa (FNB)



This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the
addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under
applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail
in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system
and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or
its attachments. FNB Bank does not accept responsibility for any loss
arising from unauthorized access to, or interference with, any Internet
communications by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses.
Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by the FNB Bank for operational or
business reasons. Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its
attachments that does not relate to the business of the FNB Holdings Plc is
personal to the sender and is not given or endorsed by the FNB Financial
Services Authority.

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