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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_dt7b@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: fred_dotse07@accountant.com
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 12:53:36 +0100 (BST)
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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