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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: "moses baloyi" <baloyiassociates6@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:51:59 -0400
Subject: CONFIDENCIAL PROPOSAL

FROM: ATTORNEY:MOSES BALOYI
SUITE 3 # 19 CARLTON TOWER
CARLTON CITY. JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.


Attn Friend.


The inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence, I am making this
proposition because I have to seek the partnership of your resource person
to help me realize this project. I am ATTORNEY.MOSES BALOYI,legal
practitioner based in johannesburg south africa.

I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. In january
2002 I was attending a legal wise investment conference In Switzerland and I
got introduced to a reknowned business man Mr Bassam Qubbaa a top Iraqi
Foreign Ministry Director He engaged my services as a financial investment
adviser and my primary assignment was to spearhead his investment forays in
africa due to the war in his country. Three months later I invited him to
south africa and under my professional guidance and based on my advice he
made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for 24 calendar months valued at GBP
£20,320,000.00 (Twenty million three hundred and twenty thousand Great
British Pounds Sterling in one of the commercial bank here in soth africa
due to the problem in his country. Upon maturity in 2004, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from the embassy here in south
africa that Mr Bassam Qubbaa on the 12th June 2004 aged 60, was assassinated
on his way to work in Baghdad's Al-Adhamiya district.

After the death of my client his bankers contacted me, as his Attorney to
provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune. The board of
directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his
next of kin for the payment of this money within 28 working days or forfeit
the money to the bank as an abandoned property. The bankers had planned to
invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after
the expiration of the period given to me.

On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL,
and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation into the account and discovered that Mr Bassam Qubbaa
did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paperwork with me. This sum GBP
£20,320,000.00(Twenty million three hundred and twenty thousand Great
British Pounds Sterling has been floating as unclaimed since 2002 with the
bank as all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones Meanwhile he
was doing this cladentingly According to the south africa law at the
expiration of 4 (four) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
south africa Government if nobody applies to claim the fund and the four
years will elapse by the end of 2006. Consequently,my proposal is that i
want to seek your consent as a foreigner to present you to stand in as the
next of kin to late Bassam Qubbaa so that the bank will transfer the money
to your designated account. All documents and proves to enable you get this
fund will be carefully worked out. I have secured from the probate an order
of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more so I am
assuring you that the business is risk free involvement. Your share stays
while the
rest be for me and for investment purpose as I will leave south africa by
the
end of the year.
The sharing of the funds will be based according to agreement within you and
I. As soon as i receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business proposal, I will furnish you with the
necessary steps to follow and disbursement ratio to suit both parties
without any conflict. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust i have
bestowed in you.

PLEASE, APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT DOING BUSINESS OVER THE INTERNET IS RISK.
ENDEAVOUR TO SEND YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER IN YOUR REPLY
TO THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

Thanks in anticipation for your sincere cooperation.

MOSES BALOYI
                     Alternatively Reply via:
mosesbaloyi0005@hotmail.com

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