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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: "jan" <jan_mbala3@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: jan_contact@mail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:32:45 +0200
Subject: CAN WE DO THIS BUSINESS TOGETHER?

CAN WE DO THIS BUSINESS TOGETHER?
FROM JAN GK MBALA URGENT BUSINESS.
15 A Louis Botha Avenue,
Fellside Cape Town,
Republic of South Africa.


{THIS IS URGENT FROM SOUTH AFRICA}

Dear,

Attn,
i send this urgent only you please Let me hear from you when you return back
from office any time.


RE: TRANSFER OF US$48,223,000. 00

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this medium (Internet)
has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still
remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this correspondence
is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such.

At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and
trouble free to both parties.

My name is Mr.JAN GK MBALA I work as the operational manager in account management
section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks here
in South Africa. On a routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary
account with a Balance Of US$48,223,000. 00 (Forty eight million two hundred
and twenty three thousand U.S dollar).On further discreet investigation,
I also discovered that the account holder has died long ago with his family
on a fatal Auto-accident leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other
person knows about this account.

I am in close contact with the manager of the bank here who is my partner
and he is willing to approve the transfer to any reliable and trustworthy
foreigner with foreign bank account because the former operator of the a/c
is a foreigner and from Australia in particular. I am certainly sure that
he has no writen or oral WILL attached to the account , no beneficiary and
nobody will come again for the claim of this money. It is only a foreigner
who can claim this money with legal claims to the account holder which I
will provide to you if you are interested, therefore I need your cooperation
in this transaction. The difference in country of origins is not a hindrance
to the success of this transaction. This money will remain useless in this
dormant account if I did not transfer the fund out to a foreign account.

I will provide the necessary information and documents needed in order to
claim this money. I only need your cooperation as a foreigner to provide
your safe bank account information for the transfer. All arrangement that
will ensure a smooth transfer of the fund to the account which you are to
nominate is already in place.You should also provide me with your direct
phone lines for easy communication. I wish for utmost confidentiality in
handling this transaction.

At the conclussion of this transaction, your share will be 25% of the total
transfer sum, 70% for me and my partner while 5% will be set aside for any
expenses both parties might incure during the process of the transfer. The
fund will be transferred to your account in two parts. I will first transfer
USD 20 Million to your account. I will fly over to meet you after the successful
transfer for sharing according to the agreed percentages. I will have the
remaining balance of USD28,223 Million transferred to your account only after
the successful sharing of the first transfer without any disappointment from
your side.


Tel: + 874 - 763 - 648313
Fax: + 874 - 763 - 591315

Let me hear from you when you return from office any time i still waiting
to hear from you URGENTLY.


Have a nice day and god bless.

Yours sincerely,

JAN GK MBALA.



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