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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: "mustafa zingana" <mustafa_zingana_08@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mustafa_m_zingana@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:41:42 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNER


GOODDAY,
 
My names are MUSTAFA ZINGANA. I am the operational manager in account section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks here in my country.I am writing in respect of a foreign
customer of my bank.
 MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER.  Who is from Munich, Germany. He perished with his wife and children on 25TH JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH .There is an account opened in this bank the year 1998 by this great late industrialist who died without a written or oral will attached to his account.
And our bank ethics does not allows such money to stay more than six years without claim,hence the money will be recalled to the government treasury as unclaimed after this long period of domancy.in view of this i got your contact through my personal search to see if you can assist in keeping the money in your country and we find a way to invest the money in one sector or other good business in your country.
And since his death , I personally have been watching with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one have come to claim his funds and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the CEO / General manager of his company here in Nigeria. The total amount involved is $42,000,000.00 USD.[ FORTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS ]. We wish to start the first transfer with $20,000,000.00[TWENTY MILLION ] and upon successful transaction without any disappointment from your side, we shall reapply for the transfer of the remaining balance to your account.I have secretly discussed this matter with the general manager of my bank who I have to involve in order to have a smooth and a successful transfer of the fund to  any foreign bank account which you are going to nominate.On this note, I decided to seek for a reliable foreigner who will act as a foreign beneficiary of the fund from the deceased and immediate invest it  on any viable project since no one has come up to be the next of kin. I wait in anticipation of your co-operation in reply and also ready for any questions concerning this transaction please contact me as soon as posible and i will give you more information regarding the account and how to take the money out of my country.hope to hear from you soon
 
Yours  sincerely,

Mustafa Zingana

 

 


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