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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: Dr Mbizala Paul <drmbizalap@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:44:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: MORE DETAILS,BE REST ASSURED


My Dear Friend,

Thanks for your mail, I want you to understand that this transaction
is real,100% Risk free and will be very successful when the both of us
co-operate and have trust and confidence in each other.I am most
grateful at the sincerity and honesty in your reply and i am also praying
that you will have that same trust and honesty in me for us both to
succeed as that is the bedrock to the success of our transaction.

I am writing you from my private and secured mail box considering the
confidentiality this transaction must be accorded for us to fully
succeed in this transaction as such you dont have to worry about the security of your informations as all is secure and safe.


I understand all you said and i am assuring you that i have put all
modalities in place to claim this fund without any hitches after looking
for the late depositor's relative to no avail.I am not joking as this
fund is real and it laying in my bank as i am talking to you and with my
position i will do all within my powers to get this fund approved in
your name as the inheritor/beneficiary of the fund.I will forward all
documents concerning this transactons as long as you are honest and wont
betray me immediately our fund is in your full possession.This you have
to assure me with all your heart.

My bank management do not know about my involvement as i will only
present your details to my bank board during her normal bank executive
board meeting where i will have to convince them that i have found the sole
beneficiary/inheritor of the late depositor's fund and convince them
with relevant document at my disposal that i will prepare with your
informations for them to assent their approval of your name as the rightful
beneficiary of the fund without asking much questions.

Meanwhile my full name is Dr.Paul Mbizala Muller Mbonwi, I am the
Regional Computing Auditor of (STANDARD BANK OF SO UTH AFRICA) JOHANNESBURG BRANCH(SBG). I am 52 yrs.I have been a banker for 27yrs now after obtaining my Dr Degree from a South African university in the field of finance.

I live at our standard banking staff quarters here in Johanessburg.I
have a wife and 4 children.
My wife is a school teacher.Concerning this fund deposited in my Bank
for long without a written specified inheritor/ next of kin.

The Original depositor of this sum $34M dollars has been dead for long,
following my bank research to get to the relations of this late
Depositor (MR BREMEN KOOPER SHROEDER) Yielded no result to the Executive Board Of Directors of my Bank.
I have now decided to contact a foreigner which is you to understand
about this transaction and lets invest this money overseas through the
release of this fund in your name as the new Beneficiary to the late
Depositor.
The late depositor as i ealier told was a Gold miner at the Kruger Mining Company here in SouthAfrica and he is a German Indigene who has
lived the greater part of his life in SouthAfrica where he came as a young
boy during the apartheid reign in SouthAfrica.

I will present details of yours to my Executive Board Directors of my
Bank that you are the Original Inheritor/Beneficiary of this fund for
their approval after they will send an application to the Reserve Bank
Of South Africa (RSBSA) for final approval and the release of the fund
in your name as the Rightful Beneficiary/Inheritor of the fund.

With these Step,you and I can have this money and invest it together as
a joint venture and also help the less priviledged in the society and
also donating some part of my share to those affected in the
Hurricane/Tsunami Disaster and also those affected in the Ethnic crisis in
Sub-saharan Africa,I have promised GOD that i must do this immediately
this fund is released to you and in our full possession.

I will be expecting to have your picture so that i can know you more.I
will be sending to you a copy of my picture in my next mail to you for
you to know who you are dealing with.
Before we move to the next step. These below information’s is necessary
for preparation of this transaction in my Bank which are follows:

1.YOUR FULL REAL NAME: This is important for the change of original
late depositors name to yours as the newly inheritor of this sum $34M.

2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/RESIDENCE.

3.OCCUPATION AND STATUS.

4.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER

You have to send me this neccesary information immediately for me to
start all the processing of the documents in your favour.

God Bless you.
Best Regards,
Dr Mbizala Paul










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