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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: patrick dube <p_dube12@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 16:18:00 +0200
Subject: VERY URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION

FROM: Mr.Patrick Dube 
No.30 Royal Street, Park Town.
Johannesburg.
South Africa.
TEL: +27-73-16-40-087.
Email: <= FONT color=3D#0000ff>p_1dube@yahoo.com

 

To:Director/CEO.

Dear Sir,

In order to transfer out (20 mill= ion United State Dollars) from our bank. I have the courage to ask yo= u to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for th= is important business believing that you will never let me down eithe= r now or in future.
I am Mr.Patrick Dube the Sou= thern district bank manager of African development Bank Limited (ADB)= .
An account was opened in this bank in 1995 and sin= ce 2005 nobody has operated on this account again. After going throug= h some of the old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not= remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing. The= owner of this account is DR.Smith Andrews, a foreigner, he died sinc= e 1995. No other person knows about this account or any thing concern= ing it. the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation pro= ved to me as well that his family does not know anything about this a= ccount.I want to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account a= broad but I don=92t know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a= foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local bank her= e, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money = is in US dollars and the former owner of the account is a foreigner t= oo. I=20 know that this massage will come to you as a surprise as we don=92t k= now our selvesbefore, but be sure that it is real and a genuine busin= ess. I only got your contact address accidentally through the compute= r with believe in God that you will never let me down in this busines= s. 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 tak= e urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax number including= the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I will a= lso like us to sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that y= ou can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of yo= ur choice where the fund will be safe.
I will fly to your country for withdrawal and shar= ing 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 manage= ment is ready to approve the payment to any foreigner who has correct= information of this account, which I will give to you later , if you= are able and with capability to handle such amount in strict confide= nce and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual = benefit because this opportunity may not come to me again.
I need truthful person in this business because I = don=92t 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=92s reliable account, which you can provide with assurance = that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your co= untry for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immedi= ately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.I will appl= y for annual leave to get visa immediately i hear from you that you a= re 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 department. At the conclusion of thi= s business, i will give you 30% of the total amount, 65% will be for = me and=20 my Accountant, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have = incurred during the process of transaction. I look forward to your ea= rliest reply by E-mail: p_1= dube@yahoo.com
Thanks and have a nice day.
Best regards,
Mr.Patrick Dube.
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