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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.C V" <ch_vog1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: aucharlesau@myway.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:56:27 -0700
Subject: From Mr.Charles Vogel.


Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.Charles Vogel , I work in the International operation
department in a Local Bank here in South Africa. On a routine auditing I
discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a balance of $36,000,000
(Thirty Six Million USD) on further investigation, I also discovered that
the account holder has died since and leaving no beneficiary to the account.

Therefore I wish to let you know that the bank can approve this money to any
foreigner who can come up because the former operator of the account was a
foreigner and from Iraq in particular and he is dead, and nobody will come
again for the claim of this money it is only a foreigner that can claim
this money with legal claims to the account holder, therefore I need your
cooperation in this business so that we can claim this money. All I want you
to do is to send me your account information so that I will use it to apply
for foreign payment approval on your behalf as the bonafide "BENEFICIARY"
and the next of "KIN" to the account.

The information will be as follows:-
Bank Name.........
Bank Address........
A/C Name.............
A/C Number..............
Swift Code No..............
Routing Number................

You can even send an empty account so long as it can carry the amount we
want to tranfer. I will provide every other necessary information needed in
order to claim this money, but all you have to do is to be following my
instructions very well. Send also your Telephone Number, and Fax number
so that I can call you and give you further details about this business.

I will give you 30% of the total amount after the successful transfer of the
money, and I will take 65% while the remaining 5% will be use to offset any
debt both of us may incurr in the cause of the business.

Finally this business requires highly "CONFIDENTIALITY" as any breach in it
thereof could jeopardize my job and the future of my family.
Always contacting me through this E-mail <aucharlesau@myway.com>

Yours Faithfully,

Mr.Charles Vogel.

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