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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: "Oscar Makalele" <orababies007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: oscar4makalele@sifymail.com
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 01:27:22 +0200
Subject: From:Dr.Oscar Makalele.

From:Dr.Oscar Makalele.
No 8 Garden Avenue
Johannesburg,South Africa.
Reply to this e-mail:<oscar4makalele@yahoo.com.hk>
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{URGENT TRANSFER AND CONFIDENTIAL}
($126,000.000.00USD)
Dear,

We want to transfer to overseas ($ 126,000.000.00 USD)One hundred and Twenty
six million United

States Dollars) from a Bank in Africa, I want to ask you to quietly look for
a reliable and

honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank
ccount or to set up

a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can
serve to receive this

money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this
important business trusting

in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in
future.

I am Dr.Oscar Makalele,the Auditor General of a bank in Africa, during the
course of our auditing

I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and
since 1993 nobody has

operated on this account again, after going through some old files in he
records I discovered

that the owner of the account died without a [heir] hence the money is
floating and if I do not

remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of
this account is Mr.

Phillip Morris, a foreigner, and a sailor, and he ied, since 1993. and no
other person knows

about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my

investigation proved to me as well that Phillip Morris until his death was
the manager Morris

Coy.(pty). SA.

We will start the first transfer with Twenty six million [$26,000.000] upon
successful

transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the
payment of the

remaining rest amount to your account, The amount involved is (USD 126M)
One
hundred and Twenty Six million United States Dollars, only I want to first
transfer $26,000.000

[Twenty Six million United States Dollar from this money into a safe
foreigners account abroad

before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as
a foreigner because

this money can not be approved to a local person here, without valid
international foreign

passport, but can only be approved to any oreigner with valid international
passport or drivers

license and foreign a/c because the money is in US dollars and the former
owner of the a/c Mr.

Phillip Morris is a foreigner too, and the money can only be approved into a
foreign a/c.
Arange it as follows:..

1]A/C NAME:..............

2]A/C NO:.....................

3]BANK NAME:...............

4]BANK ADDRESS:............

5]SWIFT CODE:...............

However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together I got your
contact address from my

secretary and I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will
never let me down in

this business, you are the first and the only person that I am ontacting or
this business,so

please reply urgently so, that I will inform you the next step to take
urgently. Send also your

private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account
to be used for the

deposit.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding
agreement that will bind

us together before transferring the money to any account of your choice
where the fund will be

safe. Before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.
I need your full

co-operation to make this work fine.because the management is ready to
approve this payment to

any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give
to you, upon your

positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet
up with instruction

of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I
need your strong

assurance that you will never,never let me down. With my influence and the
position of the bank

fficial we can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account which
you can provide with

assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in
your country for

sharing. The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this

money leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence, you can come
immediately to discuss

with me face to face after which I will make
this remittance in your presence and three of us will fly to your country at
least two days ahead

of the money going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get
visa immediately I

hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your
account. I will use my

position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onwardtransfer of
this money to your

account with ppropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign
exchange departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total
amount, 60% will be for

me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during
the process of

transferring. Please you can contact me with this email addresses:
oscar4makalele@sifymail.com

Contact me urgently for further detail.


Thanks.


Yours Faithfully,


Dr.Oscar Makalele.

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