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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: "kenny michael" <kennymichael2@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:24:51 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY

#26 ELEOF ST,JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
e-mail:kennymichael2@hotmail.com
TEL+27-82-862 65 63


ATT:THE PRESIDENT/CEO

In order to transfer out (USD 46M) forty six millionUnited States Dollars)
from Absa Bank. I have the
courage to ask you to look for a reliable and honestperson who will be
capable for this important business believing that youwill never let me down
either now or in future.

I am MR.KENNY MICHAEL,the Chief auditor of (ABSA)Bank.There is an account
opened in this bank in 1980 andsince 1990 nobody has operated on this
account again.After going through some old files in the records, Idiscovered
that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for
nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Smith B.Andreas, a foreigner,and a
miner at kruger gold co., a geologist by profession and he died since 1990.
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 this company does not know anything about this account and the amount
involved is (USD 46M) forty six million United States Dollars million
dollars.

I want to transfer the whole of the money into a safe foreigners account
in abroad. but I don't know any foreigner. I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but
can only be approved to any foreign account because the
money is in us dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr. Smith
B.Andreas he is a foreigner too. I know that this message will come to you
as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will sign an agreement,
but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.

I only got your contact address from my secretary who operates computer,
with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business. You
are the only person that I have contacted in this business; so please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. 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 or sign a
binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money
into a foreign account or any account of your choice where
the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and
sharing and other investments.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign
beneficiary. 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 later
immediately, if you are able and with capability to handle such amount in
strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our
mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I
need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I
need your strong assurance and trust.

With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any
foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this
money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for
sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive
this money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with
me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and
two 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 effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the 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.

I look forward to your earliest reply.

Yours truly,
MR.KENNY MICHAEL

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