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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: FROM MR RICHARD MOOI CHIEF AUDITOR <sadepoff@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: richardmooi@gala.net
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:58:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL




FIRST
NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH
AFRICA [FNB]

From   Mr. Richard Mooi

Telephone:+27-836858257

Email: richardmooi@gala.net

 

Attn: Sir/Madam,

 

Compliments of day to you,
obviously this message might come as a surprise to you, but please consider it
as a high priority issue, which will definitely change our destiny for good. I
am Mr. Richard Mooi , the Chief Auditor of a Bank here in South Africa .

 

There is a Draft Account
opened in my bank in 1988 by a long-time client of our bank Mr. Mohamed Mohd,
who was a foreigner from Lebanon,
an Arab Citizen. He was a businessman, a miner at Kruger Mining Company here in
South Africa, he was also a geologist and a mining consultant to several other
mining conglomerates operating in South Africa, Ghana, Republic of Congo [DRC],
Angola, and Zimbabwe all in Africa, before he passed away on the 25th December,
2003 by plane crash that occurred in a small country in west Africa, Republic
of Benin. leaving nobody as the next of kin or beneficiary of his account after
his death

 

As an auditor in the bank, I
am aware of every details of his bank account from 1988 till date, and when the
last deposit was made before his death. As a matter of fact the amount in this
account is currently (Nine Million Four hundred Thousand United States Only
Dollars (US$9,400,000) waiting to be approved for immediate payment by the bank
to any foreign account holder with accurate details concerning this account
from 1988 till 2003, who has all that is needed to be his next of kin and
beneficiary/ inheritor. In other words No withdrawal or deposit has been made
since after his death till today in the account.

 

I want to present you as the
next of kin to late Mr. Mohamed Mohd because this money cannot be approved for
payment into any local account, but can only be approved to a foreign account
because it was insured and there is a clause in the depository agreement
between the Bank and Mr. Mohamed Mohd which states that on No condition can any
local withdrawals be made from this account unless an offshore transfer. In
effect withdrawals can be made only when the money has been transferred from
the vaults of the

bank to a foreign bank
account, I want to remit this fund out as soon as possible to avoid the
South  African Government from
confiscating this money in line with the Federal Edict Act of 1979.

 

If you are willing and
capable of handling such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my
instructions and advice for our mutual benefits, because this opportunity may
not come our way again I will use my position and influence in our bank to
secure all legal approvals and onward transfer of this money into your
nominated overseas bank account with the appropriate legal procedures here in
South Africa within 10 official bank working days. This will be done and
concluded legally to make the transaction a risk free one. I know how to do it
and all the legal procedures needed.

 

I will physically be in your
country for the sharing of the money as soon as you confirm the money into your
overseas bank account, I will offer you 35% of the total money for your
assistance, 5% will be mapped out for all expenses that may be incurred in the
course of this transaction, while 60% will be for me to invest in your country.


 

Finally, you should reply
urgently and also call me on my private telephone number +27 83 685 8257 to
enable my lawyer start up with all arrangements to certify you as beneficiary
of the said fund at the Ministry of finance and justice respectively.

Kindly get back to me using this
my alternative private email address: (richardmooi@gala.net)

Please treat this information
as highly confidential. Looking forward 
to hear from you

 

Thanks and remain blessed

Best Regards,

Mr Richard  Mooi

Private Tel+27 83  685 8257


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