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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: "auditor jone" <jclobus9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abdulhakim_imram@myway.com
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:23:26 +0700
Subject: URGENT RESPOND

DR. COLUMBUS JONE
15 BISHOP CLOSE OFF,
SYNCO SHEPHSTONE CHAKA
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: +874-763427915
: +874-763427918
FAX: +874-763427916

(RE:TRANSFER OF (8.2 million US D))

Attn:

My name is Dr.COLUMBUS JONE ,I am the operational
manager in account management section in charge of
credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks
here in South Africa. I am writing in respect of a
foreign customer of my bank who perished on EGYPTIAN
Boeing 737 PLANE CRASH into the red sea with the whole
passengers aboard.

There is an account opened in this bank by this great
late diamond and oil magnet who died without a written
or oral WILL attached to the account. Since his death
I personally has watched with keen interest to see the
next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
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 manager of his company.

The total amount involved is 8.2m USD.[eight million
two hundred Thousand United States Dollar]. We wish to
start the first transfer with $3,000.000.00 [3wo
Million] and upon successful transaction without any
disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for
the transfer of the remaining balance to your account.

I have secretly discussed this matter with the manager
of the bank who I must 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 want you to act as the foreign
beneficiary of the fund from the deceased by providing
your bank account where the fund will be transferred
for immediate investment on any viable project as no
one has come up to be the next of kin.

The banking ethics here does not allow such money to
stay more than 2 years without claim hence the money
will be recalled to the government treasury as
unclaimed after this long period of dormancy.

In view of this I got your contact through my personal
search to see if you can assist by providing your safe
bank account for the transfer or find a reliable
person who will be capable of receiving such amount in
his or her personal account.

At the conclusion of the transfer 65% of the fund will
be for me, I will give you 20% of the total transfer
sum, 10% for charity both in Africa and in your
country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to
settle expenses both parties might incure during the
transfer process.

Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you a
detailed information about the transaction. I will not
fail to bring to your notice that this business is
100% risk and trouble free and that you should not
entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer
can be finalized within 7 to 9 banking days, after you
apply to the bank as the beneficiary of the fund from
the deceased.
When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail
or you can call me or fax. You should also include
your private fax and phone numbers for easy and safe
communication.
I wait to hear from you.

Respectfully yours,
DR. COLUMBUS JONE


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