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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: "elo vuci" <elvuci01@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:52:30 +0200
Subject: audit/account department standard bank

FROM THE DESK OF BARKA VUSI-MATABANE
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA.
TELE +27 733342294

DearSir,

I am the AOUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA In
my department we discovered an abandoned sum of TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND USD ($10.5MILLION). In an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along
with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines and laws but unfortunately we learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after six years, the money will be transferred into the bank’s
treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a South African cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 30% of this money will be for
you as a respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set
aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me.
It is after this discovery that, I agreed with the lawyer of late MR.
Andreas Schraiier that we should Contact you to help us achieve this life
long dream. The Attorney will provide all the necessary paperwork required
to backup every claim legally, while I take care of all the internal banking
processes to make sure that the money gets safely into a safe nominated
account. The Attorney and I have financially agreed, to arrange with you as
a reliable foreign partner to assist us by naming you the deceased next of
kin.

In the light of the above, we want to transfer into your overseas account
the sum of TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD($10.5MILLION). We need your
assistance and cooperation towards the successful conclusion of this
transaction, by you providing us with a reliable foreign account where this
money will be transferred.

I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free as We are working in
collaboration with the attorney and company secretary of late Mr. Andrea.
All the needed legal backing will be provided by him.

Finally, I would highly appreciate it if you could make up your mind for us
to work out this business.
I am assuring you that this is not a money trafficking activity, every
necessary laws guiding international money transfer will be duly adhered to
and subsequently observed. Please include your private telephone/fax numbers
for easier communications so that we can open up a conversation.

Regards,
Barka-Vusi Matabane

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