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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: Christopher Bennett <pin444win@gmail.com>
Reply-To: chrisbennett1956@aol.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 09:41:35 -0800
Subject: Capital Management.




RE: TRANSFER OF US$33,000,000.00 [Thirty Three Million United States
Dollars Only].



My name is Christopher Bennett; I am the operational manager in account
management section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the
prime banks here in South Africa. There is an account opened in this bank
in 2000 by this great late diamond and oil magnate that died with his
family on the 18th day of July 2010 on a Fatal Auto-Accident leaving no
beneficiary to the account and no other person knows about this account.
Since his death 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 and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the
manager of his company.



The total amount involved is $33,000,000.00 USD. [Thirty Three Million
United States Dollars Only], we wish to start the first transfer with
$13,000,000.00 [Thirteen Million US Dollars Only] and upon successful
transaction without any disappointment from your side; we shall re-apply
for the transfer of the remaining balance to your account.



I have secretly discussed this matter with the manager of the bank who I
must involve in order to have a smooth and a successful transfer of these
funds to any foreign bank account, which you are going to nominate for the
transfer. On this note, I want you to act as the foreign beneficiary of
these funds from the deceased by providing your bank account where these
funds will be transferred for immediate investment on any viable project as
no one has come up to be the next of kin.



The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than 5 years
without claim hence the money will be recalled to the government treasury
as unclaimed after this long period of dormancy.



At the conclusion of the transfer 60% of these funds will be for me, I will
give you 25% of the total transfer sum, 10% for charity both in Africa and
in your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to settle expenses
both parties might incur during the transfer process.



Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send you detailed information about
the transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business
is 100% risk and trouble free and that you should not entertain any fear as
all modalities for funds transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9 banking
days, after you apply to the bank as the beneficiary of the funds from the
deceased.



When you receive this letter, kindly send me e-mail or you can fax me. You
should also include your private fax and phone numbers for easy and safe
communication.



CONTACT;



Most confidential fax; +27 (0) 865583105 / +27 (0) 865589441;



Contact me urgently for further detail.



Thanks.

Yours Faithfully,

Christopher Bennett

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