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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: "rchizea rchizea" <rchizea03@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:27:23 +0000
Subject: YOU ARE THE NEXT OF KIN

Dear Partner,
My name is Mr. Ruben Chizea Naicker, resident at 40 Polo field Cullinan
close Morningside Sandton Johannesburg South Africa. The inspiration to
contact you is simply divine providence; I am seeking the partnership of a
resource person to help me realize a project. I am an attorney/consultant
based in Mbabane capital city of Swaziland, a small kingdom within the South
African sub-region, but am presently resident in Johannesburg. I was an
investment attorney/consultant to Mr. Andreas Schranner a German businessman
with vast interest in properties. I met him in Manzini while on a trip with
some German business leaders on a visit to the palace of His majesty King
Mswati III in summer of 1999. He developed a special interest in property
market and development in the Kingdom of Swaziland and sorts my services as
a consultant; my primary assignment was to spearhead his investment forays
in the kingdom. Three months after our initial meeting (i.e. January 2000)
Mr. Andreas returned back and we met in Johannesburg where he deposited the
sum of ($25Million USD)Twenty Five Million Dollars cash in a special vault
with one of the South African leading commercial bank, I witnessed the
reference to the deposit but the column for the next of kin was left open,
the money was earmarked for a resort and casino development in Mbabane
capital of Swaziland, While we were formalizing the process for the
acquisition of the property, Mr. Andreas Schranner handed over to me a copy
of the deposit document while attended a wedding of the daughter of a very
close Spanish associate in Cape Town South Africa, he called to inform me
that he returning to Berlin and we scheduled to meet after a month in London
after a family holiday trip to New York and that was the last I heard from
him, I made all effort to contact him after about seven weeks but when I
could not reach him, I had to travel to Germany and there I got the tragic
news that on July 25 2000, my client Mr. Andreas Schranner, his wife Maria,
their daughter Eich and husband Christian and their two children perished in
the air France Concorde New York bound flight; please refer and visit the
following internet link. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
I have made efforts to locate any member of his family with strong
biological links to my late client without success. The search has consumed
time and resources and the bank does not even know that the depositor is
since deceased and will not release the money to anybody unless I presents
his last WILL where it is stated so with the evidence that Mr. Schranner is
late, I the issue now is that I have to either present a next of kin as his
attorney or forfeit the deposit as I cannot claim it either. So I seek your
consent for a confidential co-operation with me so that I can present you as
the next-of-kin to my client, the money will be released to you as the
beneficiary. Note that this transaction is simple and risk free because as
a lawyer I will provide you with expert legal services, documentations and
transaction codes that will guarantee the successful execution of this deal.
All I require is your honesty and serious co-operation to enable us see the
deal through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
I will be willing to negotiate a sharing pattern if you wish to assist in
this. You will agree with me that it is a better judgment for us to
repatriate this money to your country and put into profitable/peaceful use
than allowing it to be confiscated and divided amongst the corrupt South
African bankers. If you are capable of handling this transaction, please
reply STRICTLY via this email address: rubchiz1@pochta.ru your full names
and telephone number and an address to enable us discuss and proceed
accordingly, do not bother to respond if you are not interested and keep it
to yourself.

Thanks

Ruben
rubchiz1@pochta.ru



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