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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: dsolani@web.de
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:12:47 +0200
Subject: US$36,000,000:00 INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PLAN!

FROM DR. DUMI SOLANI
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
MOKOYA TOWERS, BRAAMFONTEIN
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
FAX: +27-866-361-349
E- MAIL ADDRESS: dsolani@sify.com

US$36,000,000:00 INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PLAN!

ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

I am Dr. Dumi Solani (FCAA), the chief accountant of African Development Bank (ADB). There is an account opened in this bank
in 1999 and since 2001 nobody has operated it. The owner of this account is Mr. Kasim Shabany, a foreign, Business Man and a
miner at Kruger Gold Company, a Geologist by profession who died with his entire immediate family in a plane crash in the
year 2000. The account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know
anything about this account and the money involved is Thirty Six Million United States Dollars (US$ 36 Million). I want us
to transfer this US$ 36 Million into your safe foreign account. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
can only be approved to a foreign account because the money is in United States Dollars and the owner Mr. Kasim Shabany is a
foreigner too. I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will therefore
sign a legally binding agreement, but be sure that this is a real and genuine business.

I got your mail address from an online source; with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business,
considering my position as a public servant. You are the only person that I have contacted for this business; so please keep
this very confidential if you are not interested. But if you are ready to be my partner, kindly send the following
information only by fax to my private fax number +27-866-361-349;

1. Your Full names
2. Complete home address
3. Your private Telephone and Fax numbers.

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 as soon as you indicate your readiness to co-operate
with me, and capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice,
because this opportunity may never come again in my life. I need a truthful and God fearing person in this business because
I don't want to make a mistake, so I need your strong assurance and trust. As a Public servant, I don't want to lose my job.


I will also use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with
appropriate clearance forms of the various ministries and foreign exchange departments. As soon as the money is transferred
to your account, I will fly to your country for the withdrawal and sharing of the money.

At the conclusion of this business, you will get 25% of the total amount, 70% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses
both parties might have incurred in the process of the transfer. I look forward to your earliest reply.

Yours sincerely,

DR. DUMI SOLANI.
NOTE: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE REPLY ONLY BY FAX TO +27-866-361-349 OR TO MY ALTERNATIVE E- MAIL ADDRESS
dsolani@sify.com AND I WILL CALL YOU AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR FAX OR E-MAIL.


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