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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.Charles Raymond" <charles_raymond2006@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:06:38 -1200
Subject: Contact me urgently


Attention:

RE: TRANSFER OF US$113,000,000.00 [One Hundred and Thirteen
Million United States Dollars Only].

My name is Mr. Charles Raymond; 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. There is an account opened in this bank in 2000 by
this great late diamond and oil magnet that died with his
family on the 18th day of July 2003 on a Fatal Auto-Accident
leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other person
knows about this 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 $113,000.000.00 USD. [One
Hundred and Thirteen Million United States Dollar Only] We
wish to start the first transfer with $13,000.000.00
[Thirteen 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 for the transfer. 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 3 years without claim hence the money will be
recalled to the government treasury as unclaimed after this
long period of dormancy.

This is by virtue of its 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 in this matter 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 conclussion 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 incur during the transfer
process.

Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you 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 e-mail or you
can call me. You should also include your private fax and
phone numbers for easy and safe communication.

Contact me urgently for further detail.

Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Charles Raymond




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