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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: "ZULU EDWARD" <edwzu16@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:22:41 +0000
Subject: ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL

FROM THE DESK OF: AUDITOR-GENERAL
ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA

 

Mr. Edward Zulu
Tel:  + 27 83 9699 894
Email: frazoona@hotmail.com
1942.Jan smut avenue,
Rosebank 2012
Johannesburg, South Africa Republic.

 

Date: 07/09/2006.

 

ATTN: CHAIRMAN/MANAGING DIRECTOR.

 

Compliments of the Season,

 

I do foresee the surprises this letter might be to you as it comes from someone that you never seen nor met but as Civil servant of 15yrs,I will be the most stupid one not to take-up this opportunity of a lifetime. As I am writing to you, I plead your utmost confidential approach towards this project

 

Firstly, I am glad to introduce myself to you as Mr. Edward Zulu, a Chartered Accountant in the office of the Auditor General for the Amalgamated Bank of South Africa {ABSA}. I am writing to introduce you in a great confidential business proposal hoping that you will not let me down or expose me to the authority.

 

A foreign Gold consultant/contractor with the South African Solid Gold Corporation,Mr, William Bryant made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$20,355,950.00 (Twenty Million, three hundred and fifty five thousand, nine hundred and fifty Dollars) with ABSA bank in the year 2000 and this Account has been dormant till now. Having discovered this, I consulted the branch Manager of the situation and it's from then that we conveyed an investigation were we finally discovered from his contract employers, the South African Solid Gold Corporation that Mr. William Bryant  died in a plane crash in Alaska Airlines Flight 261(for more information about this crash and person you can contact this website:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ 

 

On further investigation, we found out that he died without making a "WILL", and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. William Bryant did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork with our Bank.

 

This sum of US$20,355,950.00 (Twenty Million, three hundred and fifty five thousand, nine hundred and fifty Dollars) is currently lodged in the Bank's Vault while the Interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. At the Moment, nobody will ever come forward to claim it and according to Banking policy/Laws of Republic OF SOUTH AFRICA,  at the expiration of 6 (SIX) years, the Fund will revert to the ownership of the South African Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

 

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. William Bryant to enable our aim of diverting this fund for our own use be achieved. The Board is willing to release this fund to anyone that comes up as the next of kin and therefore, they will have no question to ask irrespective of your origin but all they needed were the information they will require from you and which I will be furnishing you with any.

 

In acceptance to this proposal, all the necessary Documents/Affidavits will be provided to you presenting you as the Next of Kin to Mr. Bryant. Every information that might be needed from you by the Bank's Board will be leaked to you from our Desk as we are also among the Board thereby putting us in the great chance of acquiring any secret information needed.

 

A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 75% for us and 25% for you. This is 100% risk-free transaction as all the paperwork for this transaction will be legalized and my position and that of the branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.

 

If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address above. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. 

 

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
 
Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address: 

 

Regard

 

Mr. Edward Zulu
Tel:  + 27 83 9699 894
frazoona@hotmail.com



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