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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: "Mr. Victor Bongani." <victor01bongani@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: victorbongani@hispeed.ch
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 01:31:16 -0800
Subject: Fund Investments.

From Mr.Victor Bongani
Telephone: +27-73-225-54-25.
Private Email: victorbongani@swissonline.ch

Greetings,

I am Mr. Victor Bongani The Chief Account Auditor Of African Development Bank (ADB) .
I got your contact address from your country trade journal. You are the only person that I have
contacted in this business with the believe that you will not let me down in this business.
After going through some old file in the records department, I discover that there is an account
opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 no body has operate on this account again the
owner of this account is late Mr. Smith B.Andreas, a foreigner and a miner at kruger gold company,
as geologist by profession and he died since 1990. up till now, no other person knows about this
account, and the amount involved is US$14 Million United State Dollars)

I want to first transfer US$7 Million (Seven Million United State dollars) from the fund into a foreign
safe account abroad before transferring the rest, but I have not gotten a trusted foreigner.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here,
but can be approved by any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and former owner of the
account is Mr.Andreas was a foreigner and because of the need to involve a foreign account, I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approved the payment to whoever
that has the correct information to this account, of Which I will give you letter, if you able to handle such amount
in strict confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefits
Because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need a trust worthy person in this business because
I don’t want to make a mistake and I need your strong assurance, trust and reliability.

With my position now in the office, I will make sure that this money transferred into any reliable account,
which you can provide with the assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your
country for my sharing. I will destroy all Documents of transaction immediately receive this money, leaving no
trace in any place. You can also come to discuss with me face to face then remittance will be made in the
presence of both of us. Then we will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the Money going into the account.

I have the tendency to invest my own share of the money in your country in expectation to a sound management
and good capital returns according to your advice. Be sure you are standing no risk of any kind as the fund belongs
to us now. Therefore, after the Eventual stage of the transfer of this fund, I am offering you 30% of the total fund,
70%will be for me I strongly believe that associating with you to embark ,on this fund transfer and other business
ventures will derive a huge success there after.

I will use my position and influence of my friend, the Chief Director in South African Reserve Bank to effect
approvals for onward transfer of this money to your Account with appropriate clearance form from the ministries
and foreign exchange department. I am counting on your sense of confidentiality, as it my Desire that you keep
this to yourself.

Looking forward to your urgent respond.

Best Regards

Mr.Victor Bongani.















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