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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: fredrickdimango@galmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:10:28 +0200
Subject: WHY I WRITE YOU

MR.FREDRICK DIMANGO,
BRANCH MANAGER(ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA)

PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:
fredrickdimango@yahoo.co.uk


Dear Sir/Madam

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition 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, surest and most secured medium of
communication .However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may think of.



I am MR. FREDRICK DIMANGO, Branch Manager (ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA) I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this deal. The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA) in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of SUSAN LEE KENNEDY SCHULER, who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared Dormant, confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to South African Banking and financial law. He died in world trade centre as a victims of the September 11, 2001.Incident that befall the united state of America, the bank is still unrelenting in its bid to contact any of the relatives to claim this money, you can confirm through this



http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.htm

she is an account holder in my branch, she owns a dollar account with the sum of US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) deposited in a numbered account with the account.



In fact it happened that since her death, the next of kin of the dollar account holder (the brother) or whom ever that is related to her has not show up for the claim. This is where I am interested on and his is where I want you to come in. I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the contact of the attorney, you will have to write to him Telling him you are a relation to the deceased and that you have found out that Mrs. SUSAN LEE KENNEDY SCHULER has account with ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. Which you want to lay claims through hers legal authority. He is going to be happy to assist you.



I will be the one to provide the vital documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we
should handle it. Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this transaction. We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up the claims.



The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even in future. Please need the



Following:

1.YOUR FULL NAME

2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER

3.HOME ADDRESS

4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.

After successful conclusion of this transaction, we shall share the money 60-40.

Yours truly,

MR. FREDRICK DIMANGO (+27735993635)

fredrickdimango@yahoo.co.uk




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