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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: Mr Aser Paul <aspaul@emsergipe.com>
Reply-To: aspaul@walla.com
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 21:20:28 -0300
Subject: FROM MR ASER PAUL ( SOUTH AFRICA )


My Dear

I got your email address through search in the Internet.I hope and pray to God that I have the right person who will assist me.I am Mr Aser.Paul Nkuna , and I work with the First Rand Bank in Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa. I write you this proposal in good faith; I am 44 years old and married with lovely children. I am a man of peace, and have sincere respect for human feelings and opinions.

In February 2002, a contractor with the South African Mining Corporation Ms. Sibile Zanner, made a fixed deposit with our bank for 12 months. The deposit was for the sum of USD 30 million.Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to her Physical address but got no reply. After enquiries we discovered that Ms. Sibile Zanner had died on Thursday, 26th September 2002. Please refer to this website for details of her unfortunate

<http://iafrica.com/news/sa/56320.htm>

Investigation, revealed that she died without making WRITTEN OR ORAL ( will ) and Testament. As a result of this the money is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.

According to the Laws of Republic of South Africa, at the expiration of 5 years, the money will be paid over to the South African Government Treasury if nobody makes a claim for it.
I solicit your assistance to stand in as the next of kin to the deceased depositor to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe account for unward investment.You can either provide us with an existing account or to set up a new Bank account 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 that you will never let me down either now or in future.

We will start the first transfer with Fifteen million [$15,000.000.00]. Upon successful transfer without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the paymentof the remaining balance of $15 million to your account.I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here, but can only be approved to any foreigner who has the correct information of the account which I will provide to you.At the conclussion of the transfer you willtake 35% for you, 5% for any expenses incurred in this business and the remaining 60% for me, As soon as I hear from you we will then start to process the transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.

If you are interested, please reply immediately through this email apn22@maktoob.com and i shall furnish you with further details of this transaction.
Regards
Mr Aser.Paul Nkuna


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