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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: "mr jeff" <mrjeff3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjeff2005@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 05:51:38 +0200
Subject: Congratulations...........

COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY,
Hello My Dear.

My name is Mr Jeff . I'm an accountant and also a consulting auditors to one
of the prime banks here in Southern Africa.During our last audit session, I
personally came across the files of a foreign
customer of my client bank Christain Eich (57-year-old)whom perished with
his whole families (Wife Andrea, 38, son Maximilian, 10, and daughter
Katharina, 8.) in a CONCORDE PLANE CRASH [Flight
AF4590] on 25TH JULY, 2000 with the whole passengers on board.It was a
tragic and sympathetic situation. You can visit the below links for more
details on the flight.

(a) http://www.guardian.co.uk/concorde/story/0,7369,347596,00.html

(b) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

During the course of my auditing work with my client bank, I discovered an
account opened in the bank in 1998 by this great late INDUSTRIALIST who died
without a written or oral 'WILL' attached to the account. Since his death, I
further investigated with keen interest to see if I can get any relative of
the late industrialist but all was unsuccessful 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
beneficiaryand until his death he was the CEO of his company.

The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than six
years without claim hence the money will be recalled to the government
treasury as unclaimed after this long period of dormancy.They intend
channeling this funds into war arms if no one comes for the funds with
proofs as the beneficiary.The total amount involved is huge and the transfer
would be in two parts. We wish to start the transfer with the first part and
upon successful transaction without any disappointment from your side; we
shall re-apply for the transfer of the remaining balance
to your account. I have secretly discussed this matter with a close
confidant attorney whom I must involve in order to assist us produce legal
back-up document which would substantiate your claims and also enable us
have a smooth and successful transfer of the fund to any foreign bank
account which you are going to nominate.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through, so that this funds will not be channeled into evil deeds. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. For my personal security
reasons. I would plead with you to keep the information in this letter
top secret and confidential.

In otherwords, we require from you by e-mail (all correspondence must
be sent as email or fax):


{i} Acceptance letter of this offer proving convincing Honesty, and
CONFIDENTIALITY.

{ii} Confidential telephone and fax numbers

Needless to say, the trust and bond reposed on you at this juncture
is
great. In return, 30% of the transferred sum would be for you, 40%
for
me, 25% for charity both in Africa and in your country while the
remaining 5% will
be set aside to settle expenses both parties might incure during the
transfer process.

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the
following
terms and conditions:Our conviction of your transparent honesty and
diligence.

That you would treat this transaction with trust, honesty and
confidentiality.That as a foreign partner, you will heed to all
instructions to
the letter.

Kindly commence action as we are almost behind schedule to enable
this
funds be included in the final quarter of this fiscal year's
payment.When you receive
this letter, showing your dedication and honesty to assist, I will
like you to contact me immediately, so that we take the necessary steps
immediately. I look forward
to your response.

Respectfully yours,

Mr. Jeff.

1 Melrose Blvd Melrose Arch 2076,
Postnet Suite 53,
Private Bag X1,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.

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