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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: "Fred Dotse" <fred_dtt@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fred_dotse7@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:17:51 +0000
Subject: Establishment

From:Fred Dotse
Bezuidenhout Rd.,
Hurlyvale,Johannesburg
South Africa.

With due respect and regards.I am the External Auditor of a prime bank here
in South Africa and In course of my duty I discovered that ENGR.ANDERSON
NORTHLEY until his death he was the owner of Defunct ANDERSON OIL SERVICE
PTY SOUTH AFRICA an industrialist and a foreigner,hence the deceased have a
floating account opened in the bank in 2000 and before his death he has no
WILL or Heir apparent to the throne and no other one who know about this
fund because after his death his company was liquidated by the management
and during my stay with him his parents was reported died in a plane crash.

As a matter of fact this is a life given back to us to make better use of it
to assist the humanity.The banking ethics here does not allow such money to
stay more than six years and it will be fortified for nothing and be used by
the top government officials to supress and subdue the poor masses in the
society.

In veiw of all this I decided to seek for a reliable and trustworthy
foreigner who shall forward an application to the bank as the next of kin so
that the fund will be approved in his or her favour.The request for a
foreigner as a next of kin in this matter is because of the fact that late
ENGR.ANDERSON NORTHLEY is a foreigner and an African cannot stand as the
next of Kin to a foreigner,but can only be approved to any foreigner with
valid international passport since the former owner of the account is a
foreigner too,thus the money could only be approved into a foreign
account.This is a matter of trust and if you assure me that you will remain
honest to me until we share this fund accordingly as the bank management
will wellcome any foreigner who has information about this fund which I will
give to you.

To prove the authenticity and legality of this transfer,we are going to
follow a due process of transfer for onward transfer of this money to your
account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries,foreign
exchange departments and Board of Internal Revenue Services to avoid any TAX
from your Government.I need your strong assurance that you will never let me
down.I have strong contact with top official of the ministry of finance to
ensure smooth transfer of the funds because you know that this involves a
large sum of money one person can not do transfer alone and with your full
co-operation we will achieve this opportunity.

The total amount involved is Seventeen Million Two Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars only.We will start the first transfer After this first
transfer without any let down from your side b/c you know that this
opportunity requries great trust and confidentiality as you know that no
business survives without secrecy,we will be together in your country to
transfer the remaning balance($10m)

At the conclusion of this business,you will be given 35% of the total
amount,60% will be for me and my co-partner,while 5% will be for expenses
both parties might have incurred during the transfer process. I look forward
to your earliest reply for further correspondence.

Regards,
Fred.

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