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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: "chinos kurt" <chinoskurt11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: caiphusmaffin1@dr.com
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 06:23:00 +0200
Subject: VERY OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS

>From Mr.Chinos Kurt
15 A Louis Botha Avenue,
Fellside Cape Town,
Republic of South Africa.


MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS
{ caiphusmaffin3@fastermail.com }

RE: TRANSFER OF US$26 MILLION {TWENTY SIX MILLION
U.S DOLLARS ONLY TO YOUR ACCOUNT}

My name is Mr Chinos Kurt., the operational manager in account management
section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks here
in South Africa. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank
who perished on EGYPTIAN Boeing 737 PLANE CRASH into the red sea with the
whole passengers on board.

There is an account opened in this bank by this late diamond and oil magnet
who died without a written or oral WILL attached to the account. Since his
death, I personally has watched to see the next of kin but all has proved
abortive as no one has come to claim his funds and no other person knows
about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and until his death he was the manager of his company here in
South Africa.

The total amount involved is 26,Million USD. [TWENTY SIX million, United
States Dollar]. We wish to start the first transfer with $6,000,000.00[SIX
million] and upon successful transaction without any disappointment from
your side, we shall re-apply for the transfer of the remaining balance to
your account.

THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE provided you treat it with utmost secrecy
and confidentiality. Furthermore, your area of specialization or country of
origin is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.
We are presently affected by the South Africa civil service code of conduct
laws that prohibits civil servants from operating private foreign accounts.

I have secretly discussed this matter with the manager of the bank who I
must involve in order to have a smooth and a successful transfer of the
fund to any foreign bank account, which you are going to nominate. On this
note, I want you to act as the foreign beneficiary of the fund from the
deceased by providing your bank account where the fund will be transferred
for immediate investment on any viable project as no one has come up to be
the next of kin. The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay
more than 2 years without claim hence the money will be recalled to the
government treasury as unclaimed after this long period of dormancy.

In view of this I got your contact through my personal search to see if you
can assist by providing your safe bank account for the transfer or find a
reliable person who will be capable of receiving such amount in his or her
personal account. At the conclusion of the transfer 65% of the fund will be
for me, I will give you 20% of the total transfer sum, 10% for charity both
in Africa and in your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to
settle expenses both parties might incurred during the transfer process.

Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you detailed information
about the transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
business is 100% risk and trouble free and that you should not entertain any
fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9
banking days, after you apply to the bank as the beneficiary of the fund
from the deceased.

When you receive this letter. When you receive this letter. I look forward
to your earliest reply through my private email address
< caiphusmaffin1@fastermail.com >

You should also include your private fax and phone numbers for easy
communication.

Respectfully yours,
Mr Chinos Kurt.

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