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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Anuka Ifufeh" <anuuu_2020087@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: foryoualone11@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:25:32 +0200
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT.

LI 2083 Marine Street
Hergardin Avenue
Off seapot Road
Johannesburg
Box 27287
South Africa.






Dear,

I sincerely ask for forgiveness for I know this may seem like a complete
intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my option of
communication. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation
to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please consider it
a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a
relationship.

We want to transfer to overseas ($ 136,000.000.00 USD) One hundred and
Thirty six million United States Dollars) from a Bank in Africa, You can
serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till
the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God
that you will never let me down either now or in future.

I am Mr. Anuka Ifufeh, the Auditor General of a bank in Africa, during the
course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in
the bank in 1990 and since 1992 to 1993 nobody has operated on this account
again,after going through some old files in the records I discovered that
the owner of the account died without a [heir] 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 Mr. Frankline Sullivan,a foreigner,
and a sailor, and he died, since 1993. and no other person knows about this
account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation proved to me as well that Frankline Sullivan until his
death was the manager Sulliv Coy.(pty). SA and the National immigration
department & Ministries here 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 ($136,000.00 USD) One Hundred & thirty six Million United
State Dollars} only.


We will start the first transfer with Thirty six million [$36,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account. I
want to first transfer $36,000.000 [Thirty Six million United States Dollar
from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest, but I
don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money can not be approved to a local person here, without valid
international foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner
with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because
the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr. Frankline
Sullivan is a foreigner too, [and the money can only be approved into a
foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together. I got your
contact address from my secretary who operates computer, I am revealing this
to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business,
So please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the
full details of the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding
agreement that will bind us together before transferring the money to any
account of your choice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly to your
country for withdrawal, sharing and investments. I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine, because the management is ready to
approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this
account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am
convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction of a key
bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I need your
strong assurance that you will never, never let me down. With my influence
and the position of the bank official we can transfer this money to any
foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this
money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for
sharing. The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build
confidence you can come immediately to discuss with me face to face after
which I will make this remittance in your presence and three of us will fly
to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the account.

I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that
you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my
position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of
this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant
ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this
business, you will be given 45% of the total amount, 49% will be for me,
while 6% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the
process of transferring.

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. If you are interested, please
forward the following information as below:

{1} Your
Name/company's name and full address,
{2} Bank Name:............
{3}
Bank Address...
{4} Account No:.........
{5} Swift Code or Routing No...{if any}
{6}
Account Holder's Name: ..........
{7} Your telephone Nos.both Home,
Office & ell/Mobile and faxNumbers...
{8} Your Occupation
{9} Your
Valid ID

Upon the receipt of the above details, payment will be activated by the
feeding of your data into payment system, followed by a signal that will be
sent to the paying bank to remit funds into your nominated bank account
within 5 official working days of receipt of the above information.

Contact me urgently via email(foryoualone11@hotmail.com)
privately for further details:

Thanks.

Best Regards,

Mr. Anuka Ifufeh.
(foryoualone11@hotmail.com).

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