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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "brownsdenis21@yahoo.co.za" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Denis Brown" <infor2010@rogers.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Denis Brown" <brownsdenis21@yahoo.co.za>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 22:52:12 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: DEAR I NEED A FAITHFUL SOMEONE
FROM
DENIS BROWN.
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EMAIL: brownsdenis21@yahoo.co.za Â
My name is Mr. Denis Brown. I am a banker with the Ned Bank of SouthAfrica.
I am still working with the Bank, but am about to retire from activeBank service to start a newlife but I am skeptical to reveal this particularsecret to a stranger .You must assure me that everything will be handledconfidentially because we are not going to suffer again in life.
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It has been 10 years now that most of the greedy African Politiciansused our bank to laundermoney to overseas through the help of their Politicaladvisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa weregold and oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop thecontinent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts before transferto foreign accounts so I also used the opportunity to divert part of the moneyhence I am aware that there is no official trace of how much was transferred asall the accounts used for such transfers were being closed after transfer. Iacted as the Bank Officer to most of the politicians and when I discovered thatthey were using me to succeed in their greedy act; I also cleaned some of theirbanking records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask me because themoney was too much for them to control. They laundered over $150m dollars,during the process .As I am sending this message to you; I was able to divertmore than ($50m) to an escrow account belonging to no one in the bank. The bankis anxious now to know who the beneficiary to the funds is because they havemade a lot of profits with the funds. It is more than ten years now and most ofthe politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer funds overseas. The$30M has been laying waste but I don't want to retire from the bank withouttransferring the funds to a foreign account to enable me share the proceedswith the receiver. The money will be shared 60% for me and 40% for you.
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There is no one coming to ask you about the funds because I securedeverything. I only want you toassist me by providing available bank accountwhere the funds can be transferred. You are not to faceany difficulties orlegal implications as I am going to handle the transfer personally. If you arecapable of receiving the funds, do let me know by replying me immediately toenable me give you detailed
information on what to do.For me, I have not stolen the money from anyonebecause the other people that took the whole moneydid not face any problems.This is my chance also to grab my own but you must keep the details of thefundssecret to avoid leakages as no one in the bank knows about the funds.
Please supply me the following:Your current contact address andTelephone Numbers. Whether you will be able to come down to mycountry to meetme before the commencement of the transfer.
I shall intimate you on what to do when I get your confirmation andacceptance.
If you are capable of being my trusted associate, do declare yourconsent to me.
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Waiting for your urgent response.
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Mr. Denis Brown
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