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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: "Mr Martin" <martin201belki@marsool.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:53:44 +0300
Subject: URGENT REPLY


Hello,
I know that This letter might surprise you because,we
have not met neither in person nor by correspondence.
But I believe it is one day that you get know somebody
either in physical or through correspondence.
I want to transfer ($136,000.000.00 USD) One Hundred & Thirty six million United
States Dollars from a Prime Bank here in South Africa to an oversea
account.First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction.
This is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and
have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of
this great magnitude.
I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe
account for unward investment.You can either provide us with an existing
account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, even
an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest
to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing
that you will never let me down either now or in
future.
I am the personal account officer to the great late INDUSTRIALIST who has an
account in one of the top banks here in South Africa. The account was opened in
1998 and he died in 2003 without a written or oral WILL and since 2003 nobody
has operated on this account
again hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently
it will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is a foreigner 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 manager of the company.My investigation through the
National immigration department proved to me as well that he was single as at
the time of his entry into the Republic of
South Africa. The amount in this account is USD$136 Million ( One Hundred &
Thirty six Million United States Dollars ) only.
As a matter of fact, I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for
investment. Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the management
of the bank will welcome any foreigner who has correct information to this
account which I will give to you immediately, if you are interested to do this
business with me.There is no risk in this business. With my position and my
personal contact with the manager of the bank, the money can be transferred to
any account you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact
pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing.
We will start the first transfer with Thirty six million [$36,000.000]. Upon
successful transfer without any disappointment from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining balance of $100 Million to your
account. I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because this money can not be approved to a local person here, but can only be
approved to any foreigner who has the correct information of the account which
I will provide for you.
The informations will be as follows..
Bank Name..
Bank Address..
A/C Name...
A/C Number.....
Swift Code No...
Phone numbers home and office...
So you should provide me with your correct account details and your phone
numbers, where you will like the fund to be transferred or you can set up a new
account for the transfer even an empty account is ok. At the conclussion of the
transfer you will take 35%,5% will be for any expenses both parties incurred in
the process of this business and the remaining 60% will be for me. As soon as I
hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down once
the fund goes into your account I will then start the processing of the
transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.
Contact me urgently via email (martin06belki@myway.com) for further details
Thanks. Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Patrick Colombo.





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