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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: dago2@handbag.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 15:02:54 +0100
Subject: Confirm Mail..

FROM THE DESK OF MR DAVE TENGO.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
SOUTH AFRICA RESERVE BANK (S.A.R.B)
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA.
E-MAIL: mrdavetengo@walla.com

Dear Friend,

I am the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER SOUTH AFRICA RESERVE BANK (S.A.R.B)here
in Pretoria, South Africa. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum
of US$25M Dollar (TWENTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLAR) 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 Below
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 guiding 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 guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after fours years, the money will be transferred into the bank
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 Southern 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 Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate
transfer of this fund to you arranged, you must apply first to the bank as
relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank
account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and location where the money will be remitted. Upon receipt
of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application.


I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is hitch-free and
that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements
have been made for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter with
my personal email address below. E-MAIL: mrdavetengo@walla.com

Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
MR. DAVE TENGO. (S.A.R.B)
TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENCIAL
Email: mrdavetengo@walla.com


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