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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.CHRISTOPHER GEZI" <christ2001@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrgezi2001@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 08:25:59 -0700
Subject: FROM:MR.CHRISTOPHER GEZI

FROM:MR.CHRISTOPHER GEZI
Business Phone: 27 83 416-1704
PLEASE REPLY DIRECTLY PERSONAL EMAIL
mrgezi2001@hotmail.com

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we dont know each other before but for purpose of intruduction,I am MR.CHRISTOPHER GEZI. An
Auditor in AMALGERMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA).

There is an account opened in this Bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discorvered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfieted for nothing. The owner of this account is MR SMITH B. ANDREAS, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger Gold Co.,A Geologist by profession and he died since 1990.

No other person know about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved To me as well that his
company does not know anything about his account and the amount involved is (US$ 18.5)Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local Bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr.Smith B. Andreas is a foreigner too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we do not know ourselves before.we will sign angreement but be sure that it is real and a
geniune business.Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately.Send also your private phone and fax number including the
full details of the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet in person or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of
your choice where the fund will be safe.And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who had correct information
of this account which I will give to you later if you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for a mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.

I need truthful person in this business because I dont want to make mistake,I need your strong assurance and trust.with my position now in the office I can
transfer this money to any foreigners reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival
in your country for sharing.I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.

You can also come to discuss with in person after which I will make this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the account.I will apply for annual leave to get VISA immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments.

At the conclucion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount ,70% will be for me,and while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of the transferring.I look forward to your earliest reply and PLEASE REPLY DIRECTLY PERSONAL EMAIL:mrgezi2001@hotmail.com .

Yours truly,

MR.CHRISTOPHER GEZI.



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