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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: "masel clement" <maselclement57@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: masel4@i12.com
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:56:05 +0200
Subject: Reply

FROM:Mr.Masel Clement.
No 17 VC2
Randall Estate
Johannesburg-South Africa.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Do not be perplexed with this note. It's all about soliciting your attention
to transfer to overseas
(26,000,000.00 USD) twenty six million United States Dollars from a Bank in
Africa.
As an Auditor General (AG), an equivalent of American Certified Public
Accountant {C.P.A} and a personal account officer to the Deceased, I believe
that we can do this business without any hitches, if only you will be
trusted and then follow simple instructions for a smooth success of this
business.

We will start the first transfer with six million [6,000,000.00] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account.

We have a solid master plan/arrangements on how best to actualize this
objective. So, we are not trying to experiment with a transaction of this
natureand magnitude, for such an opportunity will not/never ever come my way
again in my lifetime.

Our fears now is if this money will be safe in your hand/custody pending my
physical arrival in your country for sharing and investments. You can
provide either an existing bank account or set up a new Bank a/c immediately
to receive this money.

Even an empty a/c without any money in it can serve to receive this money,
as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important
business, trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me
down either now or in future.

If we agree and never to disagree, you will stand to get 30%, 5% for the
Orphanage, Poor/Less Privileged, 5% for local and International expenses
incurred by both parties on the course of transfer, while the balance of 60%
will be for me.

Note: The deceased died without oral or written "WILL" and without any
"HEIR". The deceased is a foreigner and because he is a foreigner, this fund
cannot be released to an indigenous bank a/c here, IT MUST BE A FOREIGNER
WITH A VALID INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT. So it is based on this that you are
contacted.

As you know INHERITANCE is not a crime all over the world,but may be a crime
only when you did not follow the Rules of the International Law of
Inheritance. In this transaction we shall follow strictly all the rules of
the International Law of Inheritance and obtain all the necessary
transaction documents from the appropriate authorities to prove that the
inheritance/fund is genuine.

Waiting for your positive response URGENTLY through my private email
address:

Regards,

Mr.Masel Clement.

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