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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: Green Doris <mrs.dorisgreen44@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:22:21 +0200
Subject: Can we work Together

Dear ,

With due regards, my name is Mr. Taurai.Sigauke, a banker by profession in
United Kingdom and currently holding the post of Director Auditing and
Accounting unit of my bank and Senior Executive, Financial Reporting
Advisory.

There is a draft account opened in my bank in 1998 by a long-time client of
our bank, a national of United States of America. He was a CEO/a textile
company owner, business man, a miner at Kruger mining company in South
Africa and one of the top director at the Bee Diamond Group; he was also a
geologist and a mining consultant to several other mining conglomerates
operating in South Africa, china, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan,
Vietnam all in Asia.

Before he passed away on the November 16th 2004 by car accident with his
wife and two children along Cambodia Vietnam road, leaving nobody as the
representative of his account after his death. The amount in this account
is currently $50,000,000.00.(Fifty Million United states Dollars) I would
like to present you as the beneficiary , I will use my position and
influence all the paper works in our bank to make sure they release this
money to your custody for us to share 50% each for both parties .

Send a copy of your international data passport copy via my fax number or
scan and send it through my email address (taurai.sigauke44@gmail.com) to
procure the back up documents in your names, also include your direct
telephone and fax number.

Yours Sincerely

Sigauke.Taurai



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