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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: "Mandla Goliko" <mandlago1@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:14:45 -1200
Subject: Urgently from Mandla

Lloyds TSB Group plc
25 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom
Email: mandlago1@excite.com


Dear Sir/Madam,
It is with greathonour and previledge that i was able to
capture your
contact from theinternet.My Name is Mr. Mandla Kwame Goliko
,a citizen
of
South Africaand a credit officer of the Lloyds TSB Group plc
Uk.Before
the
U.S andIraqi war our Customer Mr. Louis Campher who is a
national of
your
country and who (in this case I am his accounting officer)
was withthe
Omega Risk Solutions in Iraq and also an Oil
consultant/contractorwith
the
South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy made
anumbered fixed
deposit for 18 calendar months with our bank valued at
US$43,000,000.00,(Fourty-Three Million United state
Dollars).Uponmaturity
several notice was sent to him, even during the war,and
alsoa reminder
and
finally we discovered from his contract employers thatMr
Louis Campher
was
killed in an attack on their convey whiletravelling from one
construction
sight to another during the USA-IraqiWar.


The board of directors of my bank adopted a resolution,and
as the accounting officer to Mr. Louis Campher I was
mandated to provide his
next of kin for the payment of this money within 28 working
daysor forfeit
the money to
the bank as an abandoned property.Further investigations
revealed
that Mr. Louis Campher did not declare any next of kin in
his official
papers including the
paper work of hisbank deposit. And he also confided in me
the last time he
was at myoffice that no one except me knew of his deposit in
my bank.

So,Fourty-Three Million United state Dollars is still lying
in
my bank,and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What
bothers memost
is that The Directors of my bank had planned to invoke
theabandoned
property decree of
1996 to confiscate the funds after theexpiration of the
period given to
me,Despairing at the point ofexhaustiveness but fortunately,
I came
across
your name, and to myutmost amazement, you are a nationals of
the same
country. mysuggestion to you is that I will like you to
stand as the
next
of kinto Mr. Louis Campher so that you will be able to
receive
thisfunds.

However,I seek your consent to present you as the Next of
Kinto the
Deceased since you are at an advantage as nationals from
thesame
country.I
have contacted an attorney that will prepare thenecessary
document that
will back you up as the next of kin to Mr.Louis Campher.All
I require
is
your honest cooperation to enable ussee this deal through. I
guarantee
that
this will be executed under alegitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of law.Be Informed also
that we shall share the
funds in the ratio 50% for me and 45% for you, while 5%
should be for
Expenses or Tax as your Government may require.Please
endeavor to observe utmost
discretion
in
all matters concerning this issue.I will bring you into a
more detailed
picture of this transaction when I hear from you.Your
earliest response
to this letter will be appreciated via my private email
address[mandlago1@excite.com]

Regards,
Mandla




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