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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: "richard mbika" <richardmbika15@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:55:15 +0200
Subject: BANK TO BANK INVESTMENT TRANSFER

FROM:RICHARD MBIKA
22 MANFOROST AVENUE
SALT LAKE EAST
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH-AFRICA.



TELEPHONE: +27-83-429-4878.
email: richardmbika15@hotmail.com


I KNOW DEFINITELY YOU WILL BE SURPRISED TO RECEIVE THIS PROPOSAL LETTER, BUT
BE REST ASSURED THAT IT IS COMING TO YOU WITH GREAT INTENTIONS. MY NAME IS
MR RICHARD MBIKA. I WAS WORKING WITH AMAGLAMATED BANK OF SOUTH-AFRICA
(ABSA).

WHILE ON DUTY I DISCOVER A LONG TIME FUND WHICH HAS NO CLAIM FOR YEARS, THEN
I DECIDED TO CREATE A SECRET CODE FOR THAT FUND WITH MY COLLEAGUE WHO IS NOW
RETIRED SO THAT WE CAN TRANSFER THIS FUND OUT OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH
(TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER) AS WE HAVE MADE ALL NECESSARY CONTACT TO TRANSFER
THIS FUND INTO AN ACCOUNT OVERSEAS FOR INVESTMENT.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO HELP US KINDLY REPLY/ CALL ME ON THE ABOVE
NUMBER. YOU DONT NEED TO COME TO SOUTH-AFRICA, ALL WE NEED IS FOR YOU TO
SUPPORT US IN TRANSFERRING THIS FUND INTO YOUR PRIVATE/ INVESTMENT ACCOUNT.

WE WILL MEET YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY AS SOON AS THE FUNDS STARTS COMING INTO
YOUR ACCOUNT AND HAVE AGREED TO GIVE YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY THEN 70%
WILL BE FOR US. THS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE TRANSFERRED IS USD 15M (FIFTEEN
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

WE WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR SOONEST PHONE CALL TO SHOW YOUR INTEREST TO
INVEST THIS MONEY WITH US FOR INVESTMENT AS WE DONT WANT TO INVEST THIS
FUNDS OVER HERE, AND WE DONT HAVE ANY INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE.



YOUR FUTURE BUSINESS PARTNER,

REGARDS,



MR RICHARD MBIKA

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