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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: kelly isidingo <kellyisidingo@zwallet.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 04:57:24 -0400
Subject: HELLO



Mr. Kelly Isidingo

ABSA Bank Limited,

Johannesburg, South Africa.





Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Kelly Isidingo

manager of bills/exchange at the

foreign remittance

department of ABSA Bank. In my department, we

discovered an

abandoned sum of US$14,700,000.00 (Fourteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) in an account that

belonged to one of our

foreign customers who died along with his entire

family, on November

1996, in a ghastly plane crash,and he happened to be a Foreigner. Since we got the

information about his death,

we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over

and claim his money

because we can not release it unless somebody applied

for it as next of

kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our

banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, nobody has come forward to claim this

money.



It is based on this that some officials in my

department and I have

decided to establish a cordial business relationship

with you, hence by

contacting you. We want you to present yourself as the

next of kin

through your relation with the deceased, so that the

funds can be remitted

into your account.



Moreover, we do not want the money to go into the

government account as

unclaimed bills. The banking law and guidelines here

stipulates that

any account abandoned or is dormant for a period of

years, is deemed

closed and all money contained therein forfeited to

the government treasury

account.



Now, it is being speculated that the above sum will be

transferred into

the government account as an unclaimed fund on or

before the end of this financial quarter of 2005,

when nobody come forward to lay claims. The reason for

requesting you to

present yourself as next of kin, is occasioned by, the

fact that the

deceased (customer) was a foreigner, and we have

access to his detailed

bio data which you will hold as a weapon to present

yourself as the next

of kin.



The mode of sharing after a successful transfer of the

money into your

account, shall be 75% to my colleagues and I, for the

role you will be

expected to play in this deal, we have agreed to give

you 20% of the

total sum and 5% for the expenses we are going to

encounter by the two

parties in the course of this transaction. Therefore,

you are expected

to reply this letter indicating your readiness and

interest to

participate in this business. After receiving your

reply, you will be

communicated to with the exact steps to take.



I expect your urgent response through my email address:umutu2001@mailbox.co.za. And i shall contact you for further discussion on this matter,to enable us conclude this transaction urgently without any delay or

hitch.



Please treat this business proposal as strictly

confidential for

security reasons considering my official position in

ABSA Bank.



Personal Regards,

Mr.kelly Isidingo









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