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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?ContactMail?= <contactmail5us@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: edwardngobe@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 08:37:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: President/CEO


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: contactmail5us@yahoo.com.au

Mr. Edward Ngobe.

Fax: +27-11-507-5168

Email: edward.ngobe@jmail.co.za


Attention: President/CEO


I am Mr. Edward Ngobe. The Financial Advisor and property management to Mr. Yu Zhendong the former head of Bank of China's Kaiping. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. In October, 2001, a colleague/client of mine Mr. Yu Zhendong the former head of Bank of China's Kaiping came to South Africa and made a deposit valued at US$18,500,000.00 (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a security company in South Africa.


However, Mr. Yu Zhendong and two other staff of Bank of China was declared wanted by Chinese Government, because of $480,000,000.00 (Four Hundred and Eighty Million United States Dollars) that was stolen by the three of them from Bank of China. You may use these links for some information:


http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_05/b3768065.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1193752,00.html

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-16-2004-53043.asp

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/08/content_4151433_1.htm

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/08/content_4151433.htm

http://caijing.hexun.com/english/detail.aspx?issue=140&sl=2482&id=1294725


This sum of US$18,500,000.00 is still sitting with the security company here in South Africa and no one will ever come forward to claim it; because I am the only person that knows about the deposit with the security company and my colleague/client has been sent to a long term jail.


I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my colleague/client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the security company where this huge deposit were lodged. This is the security company where my colleague/client had deposited this money valued at US$18,500,000.00.


Consequently, the security company issued me a notice to provide the owner/next of kin or have the deposit confiscated within the next fourteen official working days because of the long time deposit and accumulated demurrage. Now I seek your consent to present you as the owner/next of kin to my colleague/client since you are not his relative so that the proceeds of this deposit with the security company valued at US$18,500,000.00 can be delivered to you and then you and I can share the money.


However, I would like to add here that upon your acceptance to assist me in this deal, you will be rewarded with 35% of the total sum for your honest assistance and co-operation, 5% for any expenses that may come up during the retrieval process from the security company and paying of the accumulated demurrage while 60% remain for me. I intend to complete this deal within a few days from the date of receipt of the following information from you:


1) Your Name,

2) Company Name,

3) Address,

4) Telephone and fax numbers.


I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the claim we may make from the security company. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable me seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law and this deal is 100% risk free.


Please get in touch with me to enable us discuss further and send me your fax and telephone numbers.


Best regards,

Mr. Edward Ngobe.


NOTE: Please do not reply to this email for security reasons. Contact me by Fax or my private Email: edward.ngobe@jmail.co.za

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