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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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Fraud email example:

From: tony_saka4@mail.nextra.ro
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:50:30
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS

31 Eugene Marais Avenue,
Constantia,
South Africa.
Reply To Email:
dr_saka@inbox.lv

(URGENT BUSINESS)
Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Dr.Tony Saka, and I work in the
International operation department in a Local Bank
here in South Africa. On a routine inspection I
discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a BAL.
Of 36,000,000 (Thirty Six Million USD) on further
discreet investigation, I also discovered that the
account holder has long since passed away (dead)
leaving no beneficiary to the account.
The bank will approve this money to any foreigner
because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner
and from Iraq in particular and I am certainly sure
that he is dead, and nobody will come again for the
claim of this money A foreigner can only claim this
money with legal claims to the account Holder;
therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction.
I will provide the necessary information needed in
order to claim this money, But you will need to open
an account where this can be transferred.
If interested send your private Telephone No. And Fax
number including full details of the account to be
used for the Deposit I wish for utmost confidentiality
in handling this transaction as my job and the future
of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached.
I want to assure you that the transaction is without
risk if due process is followed accordingly. Finally I
will give you 25% for your corporation.

Now I need the A/C information as below:

Bank Name:..........

Address of the Bank:...........

A/C No:.............

A/C Name:..............

Sort Code:if any.

Beneficiary Name:

I look forward to a favorable response.
This my private email address
{dr_saka@inbox.lv} for further contacts

Yours Regards,

Dr.Tony Saka.



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NextraTelecom - companie din grupul Astral. http://www.nextra.ro/ntc

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